Fact Checks
Thursday 18 July 2024
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''The United States does more mining in Eastern Congo or in Congo than Rwanda can ever do."
The U.S. does not allow conflict minerals in its territories. The United Nations accused Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels in exchange for illegally mined Congo minerals. -
“The woman who shielded Trump from the bullets turned out to be a Russian karateist.”
Source: vz.ru, July 15, 2024The woman’s karate coaches told Russian news media they did not recognize their pupil as the U.S. Secret Service agent shielding Trump. -
“Shocking. EU leaders responded more swiftly and strongly to assassination attempt at Trump than they responded at all to the mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza.”
The European Union’s top diplomat condemned violence that affected Palestinian civilians on July 13 two hours before posting about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. -
“U.S. Justice Department announced it has detected and destroyed a ‘bot farm’ allegedly publishing online content in the interests of the Russian government. … The West and Western media often voice accusations against RF. No evidence whatsoever is presented in such instances and moving forward such leaks never get confirmed.”
The U.S. Department of Justice provided detailed evidence linking Russian intelligence to a bot farm. The FBI identified phone numbers, IP addresses, and emails of the FSB and the state-owned media RT (Russia Today) operatives behind the Kremlin disinformation botnet. -
“To those who are trying to do things from overseas… to organize things… I want to tell them that Kenya is a democratic nation, and this is our country and we are not moving out of Kenya.”
Rights watchdogs accuse Ruto’s government of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances to quiet opposing voices and deny the Kenyan people their constitutional rights. -
"Yet, more than two years into the Ukraine-Russia conflict, peace still appears distant, serving as an example that the coalition [NATO] is not promoting peace but rather threatening it."
NATO is helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression. President Vladimir Putin can stop the war at any time by withdrawing his troops but chooses to precondition peace talks with Kyiv's capitulation and surrender of one-fifth of its territory. -
....’’US priorities shaped by UAE ties impede effective action on Sudan crisis. By overlooking UAE's hand in war extension, the U.S. fails to match its global speed.’’
The U.S. has led several mediation talks between the warring sides without success. Washington has called on the United Arab Emirates to stop supporting the war and imposed sanctions on several UAE companies that have been fueling the hostilities. -
"Numerous photos and video footage published from Kyiv confirm beyond doubt the fact of destruction due to the fall of a Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system within the city."
The debris on the site has a serial number of the Russian long-range Kh-101 strategic cruise missile. The Russian military launched it and destroyed Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. -
"Washington could have tackled the problem long ago, if it really wanted to. Instead, it seem that our United States colleagues prefer to use illegal arms shipments, on which US arms dealers make money, as leverage to influence the situation.”
Washington is engaged in wide-ranging efforts to halt arms trafficking to Haiti involving law enforcement agencies, federal and local legislatures, the State Department and the White House. -
... “Washington uses outside actors to hide the objectives of research. These are contracting and intermediary organizations (Metabiota, Quicksilver, EkoHealth Alliance, more than 20 companies) and businesses of the so-called Big Pharma. Russia has documents confirming the rapid expansion of the U.S. biological warfare presence in Africa.”
U.S. laboratories in Ukraine, African countries, and elsewhere work in cooperation with national authorities to predict and prevent bioterrorism, and outbreaks of diseases that pose a threat to public health. -
“Zelenskyy's wife bought one of the most expensive supercars in the world, media learned.”
Russian propagandists used a tactic called disinformation laundering enforced with generative AI technology to fabricate fake news that seems believable. Bugatti told Polygraph.info that Olena Zelenska is not their customer, and she did not purchase a supercar. -
“The genuine and direct role of the people in determining their political destiny in the Islamic Republic of Iran is an obvious principle and has always been proven in practice.”
Authorities severely curtail civil liberties necessary for free elections, while power ultimately lies in the supreme leader’s hands.