Fact & Spin

February 10, 2024: Pakistan early election results, Biden age concerns and climate defamation suit

Facts & Spins for February 10, 2024 Top Stories: Imran Khan’s allies take an early lead in Pakistan’s election, a federal judge raises concerns about Joe Biden’s age in the President’s classified docs case, Benjamin Netanyahu says Rafah will be evacuated before Israel’s offensive, the White House reacts to the dismissal of Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Malaysia’s top court says some Islamic laws in Kelantan state are unconstitutional, Donald Trump soundly wins the Nevada GOP caucus, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces his Senate bid, Tucker Carlson releases his interview with Vladamir Putin, a prominent climate scientist wins a $1M defamation suit, and Brazil declares a dengue public health emergency ahead of Carnival.
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February 09, 2024: Bolsonaro passport seizure, global 1.5C breach and outlawed AI robocalls

Facts & Spins for February 09, 2024 Top Stories: SCOTUS hears a case seeking to kick Trump off Colorado’s ballot, Brazilian police seize Bolsonaro’s passport, Internet access is cut off as Pakistanis head to the polls, A Putin critic is disqualified from Russia’s election, Zelenskyy replaces Ukraine’s military chief, The US Senate advances a $95.3B foreign aid package, A US strike kills an Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad, The world sees its first year-long breach of the key 1.5C warming limit, A Japanese court approves gender change recognition without sterilization, and the US outlaws AI-generated robocalls.
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February 8, 2024 Top Stories: Deadly Pakistan blasts, failed Mayorkas impeachment and missing Max-9 bolts

Facts & Spins for February 8, 2024 Top Stories: Netanyahu rejects Hamas’ proposed ceasefire, election eve blasts kill more than twenty in Pakistan, House Republicans fail to impeach homeland security secretary Mayorkas, Papua rebels agree to release a kidnapped New Zealand pilot, Russian missiles target Kyiv, the UN Requests $4.1B For Sudan, the mother of a Michigan shooter is found guilty of manslaughter, a helicopter carrying five Marines is found crashed, missing bolts are found to have caused Alaska Airlines' mid-air door blowout and AI is used to decode an ancient text.
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February 7, 2024: Trump immunity rejection, King Charles cancer and Dartmouth athletes union

Facts & Spins for February 7, 2024 Top Stories: An appeals court rules against Trump’s presidential immunity claim, UK King Charles III is diagnosed with cancer, Yemen appoints a new prime minister, former Chilean Pres. Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash, Senegal postpones its elections until December, an independent panel will review Israel's UNRWA allegations, a child dies every two hours in a Sudanese displacement camp, the UK announces a £100M investment in AI regulation, CERN aims to build a new atom collider, and Dartmouth basketball players could unionize.
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February 06, 2024: Senate border bill, deadly Chile wildfires and fake Biden video

Facts & Spins for February 06, 2024 Top Stories: The US Senate unveils a $118B national security bill, More than 100 are killed in Chilean wildfires, Antony Blinken visits the Middle East, El Salvador's Bukele claims election victory, An Australian writer is given a suspended death sentence in China, Tucker Carlson travels to Russia, The US launches further strikes against Yemen’s Houthis, Boeing flags additional faults in its 737 Max 9 planes, Meta’s board criticizes the company over an altered Biden video, Southern California is hit by another atmospheric river, and a study finds the Earth may have already reached +1.5°C in 2010.
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February 3, 2024 Top Stories: US retaliatory strikes, Nairobi gas explosion and soaring cancer rates

Facts & Spins for February 3, 2024 Top Stories: The US launches retaliatory strikes against Iran-linked targets in Syria and Iraq, a former software engineer is sentenced to 40 years for the largest leak CIA leak ever, the Ukrainian military chief speaks out amid firing speculation, Israel’s defense minister states Israeli forces will push into Rafah, a deadly gas explosion strikes Nairobi, Kenya, injuring over 300, the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Fulton Co. Ga. DA Fani Willis, South Dakota Gov. Noem considers deploying razor wire and personnel to Texas, the US economy reportedly added 353K new jobs in January, the WHO predicts cancer rates will soar 77% by 2050 and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025.
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February 2, 2024: BRICS expansion, Jordan Pegasus hack and FTX compensation

Facts & Spins for February 2, 2024 Top Stories: South Africa confirms five countries’ accession to BRICS, Trump’s Steele dossier suit is dismissed, the EU approves a €50B aid package for Ukraine, Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners, dozens in Jordan are targeted by the Pegasus spyware, crypto exchange FTX agrees to repay investors following its collapse, Disney's lawsuit against Ron DeSantis is thrown out, protesting farmers bring their grievances to an EU summit, the US House passes a $78B tax relief bill, and eBay settles a $59M suit over its sales of pill-making tools.
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February 1, 2024 Top Stories: Child safety hearing, voided Musk compensation and famine ‘wonder pill’

Facts & Spins for February 1, 2024 Top Stories: Big Tech CEOs are questioned on child safety, a court voids Elon Musk's $56B Tesla pay package, the US Fed holds interest rates steady, the DOJ investigates Democrat Cori Bush’s security spending, a Putin critic submits his bid for president, an Israeli official says a hostage deal could soon move ahead, Zelenskyy reportedly considers firing the head of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, agricultural protests continue to simmer in France, Oregon declares a state of emergency over its fentanyl crisis and a famine ‘wonder pill’ is trialed in Africa.
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January 31, 2024: Khan jail sentence, Mayorkas impeachment hearing and Neuralink brain implant

Facts & Spins for January 31, 2024 Top Stories: Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan is sentenced to 10 years in prison, Republicans move closer to impeaching homeland secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, South Africa’s ANC party suspends former Pres. Jacob Zuma, Hamas considers a proposal for a hostage release deal, a watchdog says the global fight against corruption is losing steam, the Trump tax return leaker is sentenced to 5 years, Northern Ireland’s DUP agrees to restore power-sharing, Citibank is sued for allegedly failing to protect customers from scammers, UPS says it will cut 12,000 jobs this year, and a Neuralink chip is implanted in a human brain for the first time.
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January 30, 2024: US soldier deaths, farmers Paris siege and ‘gendered language’ ban

Facts & Spins for January 30, 2024 Top Stories: Three US soldiers are killed in a drone strike in Jordan, Droves of farmers descend on Paris, A Texas-bound 'take our border back' cef onvoy raises $125k, China's Evergrande Group is ordered to liquidate, Palestinian aid is pulled after UN staff are accused of participating in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso withdraw from Ecowas, Alexander Stubb wins the first round of Finland’s presidential election, Joe Manchin suggests he could potentially run for US president, the UK says it will ban disposable vapes, and politicians criticize EU calls for 'gendered language' to be scrapped.
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