Fact & Spin

January 06, 2024: US job growth, hijacked Liberian ship and post-COVID exercise intolerance

Facts & Spins for January 06, 2024 Top Stories: The US economy caps off the year with the addition of 216K jobs in December, House Republicans move to hold Hunter Biden In contempt of congress, North Korea fires over 200 shells toward the South’s border islands, The US claims Russia has used North Korean missiles in Ukraine, India renders aid to a hijacked Liberian merchant ship, A new poll shows Americans are divided on whether the 2024 elections will be 'fair,' Long COVID is found to cause exercise intolerance, A study finds a ‘widespread’ presence of plastic chemicals in food, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge installs suicide-prevention nets, and global grocery chain Carrefour pulls PepsiCo products in Europe.
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January 5, 2024: Epstein names reveal, Bangladesh’s fake candidates and AI ‘Copilot’ keyboard

Facts & Spins for January 5, 2024 Top Stories: 950 pages of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents are finally unsealed, a tragic school shooting takes place in Iowa, Ukraine discloses a Russian cyber infiltration of its main telecom provider, the US strikes an Iran-backed militia in Baghdad, Bangladesh’s opposition sounds the alarm on fake candidates ahead of a major election, a prominent trial begins in Turkey over the catastrophic 2023 earthquake, arrests are made in Argentina over a possible terror plot emanating from the Middle East, Trump asks SCOTUS to intervene in the Colorado ballot ruling, an Imam is shot and killed in Newark, New Jersey, and Microsoft will debut a new “Copilot” key on PC keyboards to “amplify” AI experiences.
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January 04, 2024: Iran blasts, Harvard president resignation and exercise pills

Facts & Spins for January 04, 2024 Top Stories: Nearly 100 are killed in blasts at a commemorative procession in Iran, Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns, A Hamas official is killed in Lebanon, The US extends its military presence at a Qatari base, India's top court rejects a new fraud probe into the Adani Group, US national debt tops $34T for first time in history, The US House committee moves forward to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, A court rules Texas can ban emergency abortions, 48% of British teens report feeling addicted to social media, and scientists study “exercised plasma” to treat Alzheimer’s.
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January 03, 2024: Japan Airlines crash, Danish queen abdication and public domain Mickey

Facts & Spins for January 03, 2024 Top Stories: Five are killed following a Japan Airlines crash, A powerful earthquake strikes Japan, South Korea’s opposition leader is stabbed, Israel’s High Court of Justice strikes down Netanyahu's judicial reform, Danish Queen Margrethe II abdicates, An armed man breaks into the Colorado Judicial Center, Police say there’s not evidence of terrorism in the NYE Rochester car crash, Ethiopia signs a 'historic' pact to use Somaliland's Red Sea port, Kim Jong Un orders the military to 'annihilate' South Korea and the US if provoked, UK small boat channel crossings fell by 36% in 2023, and early versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter the public domain.
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December 30, 2023: Trump’s Maine ballot removal, Venezuela-Guyana tensions and population growth slowdown

Facts & Spins for December 30, 2023 Top Stories: Donald Trump is removed from Maine’s 2024 primary presidential ballot, Venezuela plans military drills after the UK sends a warship to Guyana, Tens of thousands of Palestinians flee central Gaza, Russia jails two protestors for anti-war poetry, Japan logs a complaint following South Korean military drills on disputed islands, The GOP House Freedom Caucus warns against bipartisan spending deals, X, formerly Twitter, loses a court bid to block California’s content moderation law, Google settles a $5B consumer privacy lawsuit, Gypsy Rose Blanchard is released from prison early following her famous 2015 Missouri murder conviction, and a new US report shows that the world’s population is still growing, but more slowly.
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Easing shipping disruptions, Polish state media liquidation and toxic Bangladeshi smog

Facts & Spins for December 29, 2023 Top Stories: The House GOP suggests Biden may have obstructed justice in its impeachment inquiry, North Korea's Kim vows to bolster the nation’s war readiness, the US releases its last package of authorized aid for Ukraine, oil prices stabilize as Red Sea transport disruptions ease, Western powers express concern over Iran’s uranium enrichment, Nikki Haley faces backlash following controversial comments on the US Civil War, Poland’s culture minister liquidates all public media, General Motors sues San Francisco for $121M in back taxes, toxic smog blankets South Asian cities, and the Inventor of the 'Glock' firearms dies at 94.
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December 28, 2023 Top Stories: EU architect death, ChatGPT lawsuit and 500k Ukraine troops

Facts & Spins for December 28, 2023 Top Stories: Ex-EU president Jacques Delors dies aged 98, Michigan’s Supreme Court keeps Trump on the 2024 ballot, Ukraine aims to mobilize 500K new troops, Turkey’s foreign affairs commission approves Sweden’s NATO bid, the New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement, Turkey strikes 71 targets in Iraq and Syria, China sanctions a US firm researching alleged Ughyur abuses, South Korea sanctions eight North Koreans, a migrant caravan advances north as US officials hold talks in Mexico and a report finds nearly 400 UK children under seven were sent to the Tavistock transgender clinic.
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December 27, 2023: US Iraq strikes, Apple watch ban and Thailand floods

Facts & Spins for December 27, 2023 Top Stories: The US launches airstrikes against Kataib Hezbollah sites in Iraq, Israel allegedly kills an Iranian commander in Syria, The FBI investigates pro-Trump threats to Colorado justices, Project Veritas considers appealing an Ashley Biden diary case ruling, Russia bans an anti-war candidate from it presidential election, An Egyptian journalist who accused Zelenskyy of corruption is found dead, Paramedics are found guilty for the 2019 death of a Colorado teen, AstraZeneca announces plans to buy China's Gracell Biotechnologies, An import ban on two Apple watch models takes effect, and Thailand faces severe flooding.

December 23, 2023: US-Saudi weapons sales, Argentina protests and Giuliani bankruptcy

Facts & Spins for December 23, 2023 Top Stories: The US is preparing to lift its ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, Russian drones make a rare breach of Kyiv’s missile defenses, Protests flare in Argentina over Milei’s austerity measures, The UN Security Council finally passes a Gaza resolution after several days of delay, Washington and Beijing resume high-level military dialogue, Ireland is taking the UK to court over its “Troubles” amnesty law, The US is charging an alleged Hezbollah member over a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, The US Supreme Court declines to hear Trump’s Jan. 6 immunity case, Rudy Giuliani declares bankruptcy, and Joe Biden commutes 11 drug sentences and pardons marijuana offenders.
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December 22, 2023: Putin election challenger, Prague mass shooting and Discovery-Paramount merger talks

Facts & Spins for December 22, 2023 Top Stories: Xi warns Biden that China plans to reunify Taiwan, anti-war activist Duntsova challenges Russia’s Putin for the presidency, Ukraine seeks to conscript its overseas citizens, Prague faces its worst mass shooting in the history of the Czech Republic, a study warns AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children, Meta is accused of censoring pro-Palestinian accounts, a California ban on firearms is temporarily blocked, the UN releases a scathing report on Australia’s prison system, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount contemplate merging, and Italy drafts a law to “safeguard” school nativity scenes.
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