Fact Check
Friday 26 January 2024
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Houthi sources confirm a direct hit on the American military cargo ship 'Ocean Jazz' in the Gulf of Aden #viral #fypシ #foryou #fyp #yemen #USA #news #live
Video shows 2020 fire on U.S. Navy ship moored at California base and has nothing to do with recent events in the Red Sea. -
“The Pakistani army entered Iran and struck and destroyed a number of bases belonging to terrorist separatist groups based in Iran with missiles and drones.”
No credible sources reported that Pakistani troops entered Iran. There is no evidence of ties between Pakistan’s armed forces and the blue-checked X account that posted a statement on the Pakistani army’s behalf. -
“Concerning all other countries, including Russia and China, nothing is threatening their shipping in the region.”
Despite claims to the contrary, the Houthis systematically and indiscriminately attack commercial vessels regardless of their affiliation. -
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.