Avas
A Male-based digital newspaper that has become one of the Maldives' principal online news sources. Avas publishes continuously updated coverage of Maldivian politics, business, tourism and sport in Dhivehi alongside an English edition, and is known for fast reporting on parliamentary and presidential politics in the capital.
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Is Avas left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Avas is positioned toward the editorial center of the Maldives' media spectrum, or its orientation is mixed or not consistently classified by the major media-bias assessments. Crosswire groups Maldives outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point: seeing Avas beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.
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