Fact & Spin

August 31, 2023 Top Stories: Gabon coup, Idalia landfall, and UK cancer jabs

Facts & Spins for August 31, 2023 Top Stories: Gabon’s military seizes control in Gabon following a contested election, Hurricane Idalia slams Florida, Paul Whelan is seen in a Russian prison video, while a Ukrainian strike in Russian territory damages a key airfield, Meta deletes over 7.7K accounts allegedly linked to a PRC influence campaign, sentencing is delayed for two former Proud Boys leaders, Australia eyes its Indigenous 'Voice' referendum, a failed push for gun reform in Tennessee spills into tension on its house floor, Google tests a new watermark for AI images and a “7-minute” cancer jab rolls out in the UK.
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August 30, 2023: Khan sentence suspension, Medicare price negotiation, and Mozart baby painkiller

Facts & Spins for August 30, 2023 Top Stories: Trump's Jan. 6 trial is set for March, Imran Khan's corruption sentence is suspended, Russia is accused of intimidating US Consulate staff, the US turns to “autonomous systems” to counter China, a PRC county offers cash rewards to young brides, Iraq executes 3 over a 2016 bombing, a study warns that air pollution is the greatest threat to human health, the US lists 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, a live worm is found in an Australian woman's brain, and Mozart is found to potentially reduce pain in infants.
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August 29, 2023: Prigozhin death confirmation, Florida shooting, and France abaya ban

Facts & Spins for August 29, 2023 Top Stories: Russia confirms Prigozhin's death, Zimbabwe’s opposition claims “massive fraud” in election, Three are killed in a racially motivated mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, Libya’s Foreign Minister is dismissed after meeting with her Israeli counterpart, The US Commerce Secretary calls for stability during a China visit, Foxconn’s billionaire founder enters the Taiwan presidential race, A US court cancels a hearing on a Mexican suit against gun makers,  A Texas judge blocks a ban on transgender procedures for minors, France plans to ban students from wearing the Islamic abaya in state schools, and Idalia bears down on Cuba — and eyes a Florida landfall as a major hurricane.
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August 25, 2023: GOP presidential debate, Trump arrest and male chromosome decoded

Facts & Spins for August 25, 2023 Top Stories: Fox News hosts the GOP’s first presidential debate, Trump turns himself in in Georgia, a Pakistani court allows ex-PM Imran Khan to be arrested, BRICS leaders agree to add six new members, the US seeks to extend a scientific research agreement with China, Nvidia sales surge amid the AI boom, an Ontario court upholds Jordan Peterson’s social media training order, scientists allow a paralyzed woman to speak through a digital avatar, a report finds Vietnam's 'Kissing Rocks' are at risk of collapsing, and the male sex chromosome is decoded for the first time.
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August 24, 2023 Top Stories: Prigozhin crash, Giuliani surrender, and India lunar landing

Facts & Spins for August 24, 2023 Top Stories: A plane crash presumably kills Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, Kevin McCarthy suggests a Biden impeachment inquiry could begin soon, the US imposes new visa restrictions on China over Tibet, Iran unveils a drone reportedly capable of attacking Israel, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago information technology director recants his testimony, Rudy Giuliani turns himself in for the Fulton Co., Georgia case, a Chinese dissident flees to South Korea via jet ski, the UK hails the world’s first womb transplant as a “massive success,” UPS’s union inks a 5-year contract, avoiding a disruptive strike and India makes a historic landing near the moon’s south pole.
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August 23, 2023: Pending Trump arrest, Fukushima water release and endangered Pakistani gondola

Facts & Spins for August 23, 2023 Top Stories: Trump confirms plans to turn himself in in Georgia, Cambodia’s outgoing PM is replaced by his son, Wagner’s chief vows to “make Russia even greater,” the US urges its citizens to leave Belarus, the UN reports over 200 slain former Afghan officials since the Taliban takeover, Japan is set to release treated radioactive water, Biden visits fire-ravaged Maui, a judge considers the future of Texas’ buoy border barrier, Biden names a new White House counsel, and 8 are rescued from a trapped cable car in Pakistan.
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August 22, 2023: Ecuador election runoff, failed Russian moon mission and Spain FIFA win

Facts & Spins for August 22, 2023 Top Stories: Trump says he won’t attend any GOP presidential debates, Ecuador’s presidential race heads to a runoff, Saudi border guards are accused of killing hundreds of migrants, Russia's lunar mission ends in failure, ECOWAS rejects Niger’s coup leader's transition plan, Russia warns against sending F-16 jets to Ukraine, London’s mayor is accused of trying to silence dissenting scientists, Japan’s armed forces are accused of covering up harassment, A storeowner in California is shot over a pride flag dispute, Biden admin is set to urge Americans to get new COVID boosters, and Spain beats England to win the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Sources: https://www.verity.news/

August 19, 2023: Trump jury threats, 1.4K Tigray starvations and trans chess ban

Facts & Spins for August 19, 2023 Top Stories: Georgia police investigate threats against a Trump jury, The head of Maui’s emergency agency resigns, China property giant Evergrande files for US bankruptcy protection, Ethiopia's Tigray says 1.4K have died following food aid suspension, The US says Kyiv's counteroffensive will fail in its key goal, Iran's foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia, Disney files another lawsuit against DeSantis' oversight board, Hurricane Hilary moves toward California, Jordanian intelligence is accused of targeting the LGBTQ+ community, and the International Chess Federation bars trans players from women's events.
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August 18, 2023: ECOWAS military intervention, RFK Jr. censorship hearing and Canada wildfires

Facts & Spins for August 18, 2023 Top Stories: ECOWAS threatens to intervene militarily in Niger, wildfires rage through Canada’s Northwest Territories, over 100 are arrested over church burnings in Pakistan, over 60 migrants are feared dead off Cape Verde’s coast, RFK Jr. is granted an emergency hearing for his lawsuit against YouTube, a US appeals court upholds limits on abortion pill access, New York City bans TikTok on government devices, a study finds ChatGPT holds ‘systemic’ left-wing bias, a pig kidney functions for a month in human body, and UK scientists think they’ve discovered the cause of smoking addiction. 
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August 17, 2023 Top Stories: Massive Sudan displacement, Meadows federal court request and global millionaire drop

Facts & Spins for August 17, 2023 Top Stories: The UN says more than 1M people have fled Sudan’s spiraling conflict, Mark Meadows asks for the Fulton Co., Ga. case to be moved to federal court, a NATO official floats a territorial concessions-for-membership solution for Ukraine, while Ukraine captures a key town in its counteroffensive, North Korea says the US soldier who crossed its border was fleeing racism, Kevin McCarthy proposes a stopgap bill to avoid a US government shutdown, extreme water stress faces countries home to 25% of the global population, a former FBI official pleads guilty to supporting a Russian businessman, X was reportedly delaying access to content on some media platforms and 3.5M people worldwide lose their millionaire status.
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