Fact & Spin

October 7, 2022: Childcare massacre, US blames Ukraine for car bomb, DACA ruled illegal

Facts & Spin for October 7, 2022 top stories: A Thai childcare center shooting kills more than 30, US Intelligence blames Ukrainians for a Moscow car bomb, Putin appears to acknowledge more losses in Ukraine, the DACA Immigration Program is ruled illegal, US unemployment claims increase, a US raid in Syria reportedly targets an Islamic state official, the US could ease Venezuela sanctions and allow Chevron to pump oil, peace talks will try to end Ethiopia's civil war, Iran releases an imprisoned US citizen, and the US buys land to honor Native American massacres.
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October 6, 2022: Trump SCOTUS pitch, nuclear worries and Baldwin shooting settlement

Facts & Spin for October 6, 2022 top stories: Ukraine reports more gain and the nuclear plant may be turned back on, Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-A-Lago case, a bombing in Afghanistan kills 4, OPEC+ cuts oil production, Taiwan vows to safeguard interests through 'Chip 4', New Zealand raises interest rates, UK Home Secretary proposes asylum ban, UK PM speech disrupted, EU approves phone charger reform and Alec Baldwin reaches shooting settlement.
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October 5, 2022: Trump CNN lawsuit, Musk Twitter purchase and Musk peace plan

Facts & Spin for October 5, 2022 top stories: Trump sues CNN for $475M, Ukraine attacks on Luhansk; while Russian lawmakers ratify annexation of four regions, Elon Musk faces Twitter backlash over his Ukraine peace plan, Elon Musk proposes buying Twitter at the original price, North Korea launches a missile over Japan, Bangladesh suffers a nationwide power blackout, A prominent radio host is assassinated in the Philippines, A report alleges systemic abuse in women's soccer, The man who recovered the Neanderthal's genome wins the Nobel Prize, andAustralia targets zero-extinction for endangered species.
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October 4, 2022: Hunanoid Tesla bot, Ukraine gains and Burkina Faso coup

Facts & Spin for October 4, 2022 top stories: Ukraine claims new gains while Russia will consult on where their border goes, Bolsonaro and Lula go to Brazil's runoff election, the Supreme Court declines to hear bumpstock and vaccine mandate cases but will take on affirmative action, Indonesia investigates a soccer stampede that killed over 100, Burkina Faso's Damiba resigns after a coup, Yemen's Truce Expires, Somalia's government says It Killed al-Shabaab's co-founder, the UK reverses its plan to cut taxes on the richest, and Tesla unveils its Optimus humanoid robot
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October 1, 2022: Ukraine annexation and NATO application, no US shutdown

Facts & Spin for October 1, 2022 top stories: Putin announces annexation of four Ukraine regions, while 25 civilians are killed in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine submits an 'accelerated' NATO application, A suicide attack in Afghanistan kills at least 25, mostly women, the US House & Senate agree to avert a government shutdown, the Biden Administration changes is student loan forgiveness as GOP states sue, a Michigan election worker is charged with equipment tampering, Ginni Thomas meets with the Jan. 6 Committee,India approves equal abortion access for all women, US sanctions Chinese firms accused of Iran support, and a quarterback injury raises questions about NFL's Concussion Protocols.
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September 30, 2022: Pipeline sabotage blame game, electric planes and Martian floods

Facts & Spin for September 30, 2022 top stories: Both Russia and the US are blamed for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, 13 are Killed as Iran strikes dissidents in Iraq, Amnesty claims that Meta owes the Rohingya reparations, Highland Park shooting survivors sue Smith & Wesson, Australia orders Optus to pay for its data breach, the Taliban will buy Russian Oil, gas, and wheat, Latin American environmentalists are reportedly most at risk of murder, the US keeps its refugee admissions cap at 125k, China's rover finds hints of catastrophic floods on Mars, and the world's first all-electric passenger plane takes flight.
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September 29, 2022: Nord Stream sabotage, referendum critique, Biden hunger crusade

Facts & Spin for September 29, 2022 top stories: The Nord Stream pipelines seem to have been sabotaged with explosives, Biden unveils a plan to end US hunger by 2030, Crown Prince MBS is named Saudi Arabia's PM, The US hosts a summit to court pacific island nations, An Indian Muslim group disbands after getting banned, Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida, Switzerland records its worst glacial melt rate, Elon Musk claims the SEC is muzzling his tweets, China' currency sinks to a record low against the US dollar, and the Bank of England will purchase bonds amid a historic low of the pound against the dollar.
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September 28, 2022: US Bill to avoid shutdown, Shinzo Abe funeral, and Haiti humanitarian crisis

Facts & Spin for September 28, 2022 top stories: The US Congress proposes a bill to avoid a government shutdown, Japan holds a state funeral for former PM Abe, Russian referenda in Ukraine conclude, A UN envoy says Haiti is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, The sedition trial for Oath Keepers' leaders begins, A report says more than half of US schools are facing staff shortages, Biden's student loan forgiveness could cost $400 billion, A super typhoon sweeps across the Philippines, A chess champion accuses his rival of cheating, and NASA successfully crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid.
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September 27, 2022: Biden impeachment possibility, Italian right victory and Arizona abortion ban

Facts & Spin for September 27, 2022 top stories: Republicans are reportedly considering an impeachment vote against Biden, Arizona is allowed to enforce a near-total abortion ban, A right-wing coalition wins the Italian election, A school shooting kills at 13 in Russia as more burial sites are found in Izyum, At least 50 drown when a boat capsizes in Bangladesh, An autopsy report shows that Elijah McClain died from a forced post-arrest sedative, Russia's Yevgeny Prigozhin admits to owning the Wagner mercenary force, Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike, North Korea fires a missile ahead of US drills, Uganda's ebola outbreak spreads, and the UN claims that Australian climate inaction violated islanders' rights.
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September 24, 2022: Radioactive release, 70 drowned migrants and UN sex abuse

Facts & Spin for September 24, 2022 top stories: Over 70 migrants drown off the Syrian coast, Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine vote on joining Russia, A jury rules against Project Veritas, A leak suggests that British labour party operatives undermined British democracy by sabotaging Jeremy Corbyn, The trial begins for a Trump ally accused of secretly lobbying for the United Arab Emirates, Micronesia criticizes Japan's plan to release radioactive Fukushima water, The UN requests an urgent report on south Sudan sex abuse allegations, At least 7 are killed by a blast near an Afghan mosque, Pakistan bonds plummet amid flooding and default fears, and the pound sinks as markets react to UK's tax-cutting budget.
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