Fact & Spin

Facts & Spin for February 4, 2023 top stories: The Pentagon says it’s tracking an alleged Chinese 'spy balloon,' a US labor report finds 517,000 jobs were created in January, the Ukraine and EU hold a summit in Kyiv, Brazil's former president is accused of planning the Jan. 8 riots, the Pope arrives in South Sudan, US Lawmakers call for Azerbaijan to end its blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, the trial over Elon Musk’s Tesla tweets heads to closing statements, Swiss prosecutors probe Credit Suisse’s dirty money leak, a Guantánamo detainee is freed to Belize, and the US proposes new rules to limit sugar in school meals.

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Facts & Spin for January 12, 2023 top stories: Uganda declares its ebola outbreak over, Russia's Wagner group says its taken control of Soledar, a report finds that US and UK weapons killed 87 Yemeni civilians in just over a year, flights across the US are grounded due to a computer glitch, a British Tory MP is suspended over COVID vaccine comments, Australian Cardinal George Pell dies at age 81, the GOP vote for an investigation into Biden’s presidency, FTX lawyers say $5B in crypto assets have been uncovered, four Trump lawyers face prosecution, and the UK government introduces controversial anti-strike legislation.

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Facts & Spin for January 11, 2023 top stories: Classified files from Biden's term as VP are found in a private office, Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya, donors pledge $9B in flood relief for Pakistan, NATO says it hasn’t ruled out arming Ukraine with modern battle tanks, a watchdog asks the US government to investigate George Santos, the UN Security Council votes to extend cross-border aid to northwest Syria, the US Navy seizes Iranian assault rifles bound for Yemen, a historic UK rocket mission fails, a US safety agency considers banning gas stoves, and a UN report finds the Ozone layer could heal by 2066.

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Facts & Spin for January 10, 2023 top stories: Protesters breach government buildings in Brazil, Kevin McCarthy wins the House speakership, Russia rejects peace deal speculation as a hoax, Biden visits the Southern border, an armed group abducts 32 people from train station in Nigeria, China carries out ‘combat' drills near Taiwan, Israel bans the Palestinian flag from being flown in public, a Seattle school district sues several tech giants, 7,000 nurses strike in New York City, ‘one-in-100-year’ floods force evacuations in Australia, and study finds ‘disruptive’ science has declined.

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Exit polls suggest a landslide win for Labour in the UK election, Israel reportedly approves the largest West Bank seizure in 30 years, Hezbollah fires 200 rockets into Israel, NATO approves $43B in aid for Ukraine, an American citizen is sentenced to 12 years in Russia on drug charges, a pro-Palestine senator quits Australia’s Labor Party, the EU raises tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, General Motors agrees to pay $146M in penalties for excess car emissions, a northern California wildfire sees thousands of residents evacuated, and the world's oldest cave art is discovered in Indonesia.

Sources: https://www.verity.news/