Fact Check
Friday 19 January 2024
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An agreement that Ethiopia signed with Somaliland implies building a military base 20 kilometers inside of Somalia territory.
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“To be honest, it’s a blessing if China’s population starts decreasing. With the modernization of China’s economy advancing toward fully automated technologies, it means a bigger pie for a smaller amount of people. The GDP per capita will therefore increase drastically.”
China may or may not overcome the challenges of negative population growth, high youth unemployment and an aging population by radically recalibrating its economic focus on innovations and high tech. -
"The Russian Olympic Committee is sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Defense, and almost half of the Russian medals at the last Olympics in Tokyo were won by privates, sergeants, ensigns and officers from the Russian army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian National Guard."
The Russian army and National Guard athletes won 86% of Russian medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. -
“It’s probably possible to falsify anything. Just like the previous elections in the U.S. were falsified through voting by mail.”
Putin attempts to spin sham Ukrainian annexation referendums as legitimate, while labeling 2020 U.S. presidential election as rigged. -
“Although some claimed that the two arrested journalists were innocent after Mahsa Amini's death, documents were published that clearly show their actions and reveal the cooperation of the two with the American and Western spy services.”
The 17 video clips that the Iranian regime presented as "evidence" against Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi only prove that Tehran is prosecuting the journalists for their independent reporting. -
“The concern of the UNAMA for women is incorrect. The concern of the UNAMA about the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan regarding their hijab, is incorrect. Afghan women wear hijab on their own, neither they have been forced to do so, nor the ministry of vice and virtue mistreated them. This is just propaganda and far from the reality.”
The Taliban strictly enforce the Islamic dress code. Independent sources report arrests and mistreatment of women and girls for hijab violations. -
There is strong evidence the government cracked down on the political opposition while ruling party supporters tried to stop journalists from investigating suspected voter fraud at polling stations.
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"An EU army? ... For what, then, must each NATO country (read EU) pay colossal sums to the 'common till' (but, in fact, to Washington), which, as declared, go to ensure their security?"
NATO's common budget is governed by its member countries’ collective decisions and serves the interests of the alliance as a whole. -
“Yemeni missiles bombed an israeli ally. British ship in the Red Sea, causing three explosions,”
The photograph, credited to Agence France-Presse, was taken on October 6, 2002. It shows a French vessel blown up by al-Qaida. -
“The U.S. likes to portray itself as open, inclusive, and a place for academic freedom, but it wrongly adopted Proclamation 10043 and put it into force, overstretched the concept of national security, politicized and weaponized academic research and repeatedly interrogated, harassed and deported Chinese students.”
Only a small number of post-graduate students receive extra scrutiny, and Chinese students remain the largest group of international students on U.S. campuses for the 13th consecutive year. -
"It’s just that YouTube Music published the TOP singers … in Ukraine. Not a single performer in Ukrainian."
YouTube data shows that the top performers in Ukraine sing in the Ukrainian language. -
"Washington says USA and Israel had no role in terrorist attack in Kerman, Iran. Really? A fox smells its own lair first. Make no mistake. The responsibility for this crime lies with the U.S. and Zionist regimes and terrorism is just a tool."
Iran’s accusations against the United States and Israel for the twin blasts in the city of Kerman are baseless. Islamic State took responsibility for the attack.