Fact & Spin

October 12, 2023 Top Stories: Gaza power shutdown, George Santos fraud charges and US dengue warning

Facts & Spins for October 12, 2023 Top Stories: Gaza’s sole power plant shuts down while Israel forms a unity government, a ‘massacre’ is reported in the Kfar Aza Kibbutz in Israel, the UK recommends police consider whether waving a Palestinian flag is a criminal act, the US Supreme Court rejects a public figure defamation case, France begins withdrawing troops from Niger, an ex-senator in Haiti pleads guilty for his role in that nation’s presidential assassination, George Santos is charged with defrauding campaign donors, the Biden administration takes aim at eliminating junk fees, California enacts an emissions law for big businesses, and the WHO warns dengue fever may “take off” in the southern US, Europe, and Africa. 
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October 11, 2023: Israel reclaims border towns, IMF-World Bank annual meeting and Biden questioned over classified docs

Facts & Spins for October 11, 2023 Top Stories: Israel claims to have regained all settlements bordering the Gaza Strip, the EU backtracks on its announcement to freeze Palestinian aid, Morocco hosts the IMF and the World Bank’s annual meeting, Germany and France kick off a two-day retreat to smooth EU diplomacy, Biden is interviewed by the special counsel in the classified documents case, a man crashes his car into San Francisco’s Chinese Consulate, Kari Lake is set to announce her US Senate bid in Arizona, former baseball star Steve Garvey enters California’s Senate race, Hong Kong sees heavy rainfall following Typhoon Koinu, and Harvard professor Claudia Goldin wins the Nobel Prize in Economics.
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October 10, 2023: Israel announces Gaza total blockade, Tuberville continued military hold-ups and Walgreens walkout

Facts & Spins for October 10, 2023 Top Stories: Israel announces a Gaza “total blockade” while a Hamas rep. is reportedly open to a truce, A report suggests alleged Iranian support for Hamas’ attack, A catastrophic earthquake in Afghanistan claims 2K lives, Senator Tuberville pledges to continue his block of military appointments despite the conflict, US senators meet with Xi Jinping, German voters deal a blow to Scholz's coalition, The UK’s highest court hears an appeal on the Rwanda migration plan,  RFK Jr. announces his run as an independent for US president, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsome vetoes an anti-caste discrimination bill, and Walgreens’s pharmacy staff plans to walk off the job this week.
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October 07, 2023: Trump backs Jordan as speaker, Russian nuclear missile test and jailed Iranian Nobel laureate

Facts & Spins for October 07, 2023 Top Stories: Trump endorses Jim Jordan for House speaker, Putin announces the successful test of a nuclear-powered missile, A drone attack on a Syrian military academy kills dozens and wounds hundreds, A Russian strike in Kharkiv kills at least 52, The EU initiates new talks on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, A jailed Iranian activist wins the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump is accused of revealing US secrets to an Australian businessman, A man is arrested twice in one day for bringing firearms to Wisconsin’s Capitol, The US exceeds expectations by adding 336K jobs last month, and the world records its hottest September in history.
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October 06, 2023: Biden border wall construction, EU migration deal and a plateau in global carbon emissions

Facts & Spins for October 06, 2023 Top Stories: Biden approves the construction of the border wall in Texas, The EU agrees on a migration policy, Russia withdraws its Black Sea Fleet from Crimea, Biden expresses concern over the future of Ukraine military aid, Iran’s police are accused of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a hijab, Global carbon emissions plateau as wind and solar power surge, Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto fraud trial opens in New York, US layoffs are found to be up nearly 200% in 2023,  TikTok shutters its e-commerce services in Indonesia, and FIFA announces the men’s 2030 World Cup will be hosted across three continents.
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October 05, 2023 Top Stories: Trump floated for House Speaker, Pakistan orders illegal immigrants to leave and major Kaiser Permanente strike

Facts & Spins for October 05, 2023 Top Stories: Members of the House GOP float the idea of Trump as House Speaker, Pakistani officials order illegal immigrants — including 1.7M Afghans — to leave the country, North Korea slams the US for labeling Pyongyang as a “persistent threat,” regional Russian officials claim Ukraine has used cluster munitions, Rishi Sunak cancels a major UK rail link, Nancy Pelosi is asked to vacate her private Capitol office space by the interim House Speaker, the US Dept. of Justice charges members of China’s private sector over fentanyl, the US and Switzerland team up to donate $8.4M to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fund, while over 100 dolphins perish in the Amazon’s sweltering waters, and 75K workers strike at Kaiser Permanente health centers across the US.
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October 04, 2023: House Speaker McCarthy ousted, 2nd Malaria vaccine approval and first-ever space junk fine

Facts & Spins for October 04, 2023 Top Stories: The US House ousts McCarthy from his speakership, Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges, India orders Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats, The EU proposes a €5B military aid package for Ukraine, The UN approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti, WHO approves a second malaria vaccine, Bangladesh grapples with its worst dengue outbreak on record, Yelp and Texas sue each other over a dispute about crisis pregnancy centers, Two mRNA researchers win the Nobel Prize, and the US issues its first-ever space junk fine.
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October 03, 2023: Trump NYC court appearance, $4.9B UK-Australia-US submarine, and Tom Hanks AI deepfake

Facts & Spins for October 03, 2023 Top Stories: Trump makes a high-profile court appearance in his New York trial, A UN team enters Nagorno-Karabakh for the first time in 30 years, The US Congress avoids a government shutdown at the last minute, The UK awards a $4.9B contract to build a submarine with Australia and the US, While Prime Minister Sunak insists there’s no plan to send British troops to Ukraine, Slovakia’s populist party wins parliamentary elections, The Afghan embassy in India closes operations, Clarence Thomas recuses himself in the Jan. 6 case, The US United Auto Workers Union reaches a deal with Mack Trucks, and Tom Hanks sounds the alarm about his AI deep fake hawking dental plans.
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September 30, 2023: Sen. Feinstein passes away, 2.5K Mediterranean migrant fatalities and Senate dress code

Facts & Spins for September 30, 2023 Top Stories: Senator Dianne Feinstein passes away at 90 years old, More than 50 are killed in multiple mosque attacks in Pakistan, The US accuses China of global “information manipulation,” Vladimir Putin meets with an ex-Wagner commander, The UN says that 2.5K migrants have perished in the Mediterranean this year, Sweden’s prime minister meets with the military to address gang violence, 3 are killed in twin killing sprees in Rotterdam, Netherlands, US Sec. of State Blinken meets with his New Delhi counterpart amidst the India-Canada row, US General Milley reportedly takes safety measures after Trump’s comments, and the US Senate unanimously passes a dress code.
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September 29, 2023: 2nd GOP debate, NKorea nuclear expansion pledge and microplastic-containing clouds

Facts & Spins for September 29, 2023 Top Stories: GOP presidential hopefuls spar in the party’s second debate, North Korea enshrines its nuclear ambitions into its constitution, self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh announces its dissolution, Republicans hold their first hearing on the Biden impeachment inquiry, a flurry of leaders arrive in Ukraine for aid talks, Burkina Faso claims to have thwarted an attempted coup, Iraq’s prime minister visits the victims of a deadly wedding fire, China's Evergrande founder is placed under police surveillance, OpenAI and a former Apple designer collaborate to create the ‘iPhone of AI,’ and Japanese scientists find microplastics in clouds.
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