Fact & Spin

Iran-Trump allegations, Malaysia cyberbullying tragedy and AI-YouTube scraping probe

US authorities claim Iran is allegedly plotting a threat to Donald Trump, while Boris Johnson meets Trump to discuss supporting Ukraine, King Charles outlines the UK government’s new priorities, Malaysia is taking steps to address cyberbullying after the death of a TikTok influencer, a human rights report alleges arbitrary abuse of children in El Salvador's prisons, Pres. Joe Biden is reportedly considering proposing major reforms to SCOTUS, while some Democrats condemn a plan to virtually nominate Biden before the Democratic convention, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis endorse Trump at the Republican National Convention, Elon Musk says he’ll move X and SpaceX out of California over transgender laws, and Apple and Nvidia reportedly trained AI models on YouTube captions without permission.
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Rumored Musk Trump contribution, defected N.Korean diplomat and global vaccination drop

Biden admits that his ‘bull's-eye’ comment on Trump was a 'mistake,' Elon Musk denies rumors that he has pledged $45M a month to a pro-Trump super pac, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy backs Russia’s attendance at the next peace summit, Gaza aid blocking groups reportedly receive donations from Americans and Israelis, a senior North Korean diplomat defects to the South, a jailed Greek mayor is temporarily freed to take his oath as an EU lawmaker, Colombia’s soccer federation president faces battery charges, England and Wales see their largest population growth in 75 years, the WHO reports that global childhood vaccinations dropped during the pandemic, and a study finds that climate change is making Earth's days longer.
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Trump VP pick, classified docs dismissal and new malaria vaccine

Donald Trump picks JD Vance as his running mate, The secret service faces scrutiny over the Trump rally shooting, A judge dismisses the former president’s classified docs case, Israel says it hit a Hamas military leader in a strike that killed 90, Pakistan bans ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, EU representatives plan to boycott Hungary's Foreign Affairs Summit, Voters head to the polls in Rwanda, China's economy grows slower than expected, OpenAI whistleblowers allege NDAs prevent them from airing safety concerns, and a new malaria vaccine is rolled out in Africa.
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Brazil espionage intrigue, Biden NATO summit remarks and reconstructed mammoth genes

Police in Brazil say a ‘parallel' spy agency snooped on Bolsonaro rivals, Democratic Party uncertainty continues after Joe Biden’s NATO summit events, Russia warns of a military response to a US missile deployment in Germany, Benjamin Netanyahu denies that Israel is considering leaving the Egypt-Gaza border, The recent UK election reportedly had its lowest voter turnout since universal suffrage in 1928, The House GOP votes to reverse Biden's Title IX expansion, Donald Trump asks a judge to vacate his hush money conviction, The EU accuses X of violating digital content rules, Wildfires in California have reportedly increased by five times in 2024, and scientists reconstruct a wooly mammoth's genetic code.
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Kenyan cabinet reshuffle, US inflation drop and China green energy lead

Hollywood’s George Clooney pressures Biden to drop out of the presidential race, the US House approves a bill to prevent non-citizens from voting, Kenya’s president dismisses his entire cabinet, Israel and Hamas allegedly signal their acceptance of an 'interim governance' in Gaza, over 40 activists are handed life sentences in the UAE,Russia bans The Moscow Times, US inflation falls for the first time since 2020, the founder of the defunct hedge fund Archegos is convicted of fraud, China’s wind and solar expansion surpasses two-thirds of the world’s combined total, and a cathedral in France’s Rouen catches fire.
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Modi-Putin meeting, indefinite Samsung strike and autism microbiome diagnosis

Congressional Democrats hit an impasse on Biden's presidential run, Nikki Haley encourages her delegates to vote for Trump, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin hosts India's Narendra Modi, French prosecutors probe Marine Le Pen’s campaign funding, Liberia’s president takes a 40% salary cut, Samsung workers announce an indefinite strike, Microsoft quits OpenAI’s board, A BBC journalist’s wife and daughters are killed in a crossbow attack, Moscow issues an arrest warrant for Alexei Navalny's widow, and researchers find that stool samples could diagnose autism.
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Orban PRC visit, GOP platform abortion change, and Hyundai EV data lawsuit

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán makes a surprise visit to China, Rishi Sunak names an interim shadow cabinet, the NATO summit is underway in Washington, DC, a Lancet letter suggests direct and indirect Gaza deaths could eventually amount to 186K, Russia claims a Kyiv hospital was hit with a Ukrainian air defense missile, the Republican Party platform drops a 40-year call for national abortion limits, polls show Trump leading Biden, and with mixed results against other potential Democratic candidates, OpenAI blocks access to Chinese developers, Hyundai is sued in the US over allegations of faking electric vehicle sales data, and a United Airlines Boeing plane loses a wheel after takeoff.
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French left win, Russian missile attack and Boeing plea deal

A left coalition wins the most seats in the French elections, A Russian missile attack kills dozens in Ukraine, Western mercenaries are accused of killing Russian POWs, Israel is alleged to have invoked the 'Hannibal Directive' on Oct. 7, Biden tells Congressional Democrats that he's staying in the race, Japan and the Philippines sign a defense deal, Yuriko Koike wins a third term as governor of Tokyo, Boeing agrees to plead guilty to fraud, Eli Lilly plans to buy Morphic, and new data suggests the earth has been 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for a year.
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UK Labour victory, record low US patriotism and alleged OpenAI hack

Sir Keir Starmer becomes the UK’s first Labour prime minister since 2010, Biden faces pressure from donors to drop out of the US presidential race, Iran holds a run-off to choose its next president, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Moscow, Putin says he takes Trump's comments on ending the war in Ukraine 'seriously,' Brazilian police recommend charges against former Pres. Jair Bolsonaro, A mass leak targets 3M Syrian refugees in Turkey, A survey finds that Americans' patriotism has reached a record low, The US adds 206K jobs to the economy in June, and the New York Times reports that OpenAI's internal system was hacked in 2023.
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UK Labour projected win, $146M GM fine and ancient art discovery

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.
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