Fact & Spin

Facts & Spin for December 22, 2022 top stories: Zelenskyy travels to Washington, Algeria slams the EU’s gas price cap, Twitter is accused of secretly boosting a US covert propaganda campaign, New York Representative-elect George Santos faces "serious" questions about his resume, Peru’s Congress tentatively approves plans for early elections, A coup attempt is foiled in Gambia, Musk says he’ll step down as Twitter’s CEO, Freezing temperatures in the US draw concerns over migrants, Scotland begins voting on amendments to the Reform Gender Recognition Bill, and Germany returns Benin bronzes to Nigeria.
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Facts & Spin for December 21, 2022 top stories: Lawmakers unveil a $1.7 trillion government funding bill to avert a shutdown, the Taliban ban women from universities in Afghanistan, Putin tells Russian security services to root out 'traitors and spies,' South Africa’s Ramaphosa is re-elected leader of the ruling ANC Party, Kari Lake's lawsuit challenging the Arizona midterms results heads to trial, FTX's Bankman-Fried is reportedly set to agree to US extradition, a Palestinian prisoner and cancer patient dies in Israeli custody, a former Nazi secretary is convicted in a German court, Puerto Rican cities file a racketeering suit against oil companies, and Stanford releases a new guide to eliminate ‘harmful' language.
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Facts & Spin for December 20, 2022 top stories: The Jan. 6 Committee votes to refer Trump to the Department of Justice, Putin Heads to Belarus as Russian drones again rock Kyiv, Pakistani Taliban militants seize a counterterrorism center, The UK’s Rwanda deportation plan is ruled lawful, Peru's president says she’ll replace the prime minister in a Cabinet shakeup, Sweden blocks the extradition of a Turkish journalist, North Korea said it has completed an ‘Important’ test of a spy satellite, Elon Musk puts his future as Twitter’s CEO to public vote, Epic Games reaches a record US government settlement, The UN agrees to conserve 30% of the Earth's surface, and Argentina wins the World Cup.
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Facts & Spin for December 17, 2022 top stories: More JFK assassination files are released, Twitter suspends the accounts of at least five journalists, Russia launches renewed missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Japan announces plans to build a more powerful military, The US Senate passes a record $858 billion defense act, The UK launches a probe into claims its troops killed Afghan civilians, Biden Calls for the African Union to join the G20, A California county considers secession to become new US state, Denmark wants to scrap a public holiday to boost its defense budget, and a new study finds Parkinson's is more prevalent than earlier estimates.
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Facts & Spin for December 16, 2022 top stories: The UN expels Iran from its women’s rights body, Russia and Ukraine exchange dozens of prisoners, Istanbul’s mayor is sentenced to prison for insulting officials, UK nurses hold the biggest strike in NHS history, Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa's future, the US House approves a Puerto Rico referendum bill, Georgia's Secretary of State calls for an end to runoffs in the state, a US Senate report finds widespread abuse of female inmates by prison workers, a US House report alleges missteps in the intelligence community’s handling of COVID, and Scotland proposes allowing children to be elected to parliament.
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Facts & Spin for December 15, 2022 top stories: Meta is sued for allegedly inciting violence in Ethiopia, Flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 141, The US is reportedly ready to provide advanced missile defense systems to Ukraine, Four migrants die after their boat capsizes in the English channel,US Senator Bernie Sanders withdraws his Yemen War Powers Resolution, The UN says a famine declaration in Somalia has been narrowly averted, Business magnate Rupert Murdoch is deposed over Fox New’s 2020 election reporting, The US Fed increases interest rates by another 0.5%, Florida Governor DeSantis calls for a grand jury on COVID vaccines, and the CDC finds that long COVID can be deadly.
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Facts & Spin for December 14, 2022 top stories: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in the Bahamas, the EU breaks a stalemate with Hungary and agrees to €18B in aid for Ukraine, the US Senate looks to avert a government shutdown, Bangladesh arrests the leader of the largest Muslim party, Bolsonaro supporters attack police headquarters in Brazil, China takes action against US chip curbs with the World Trade Organization, Alabama and Utah ban the use of TikTok on State government devices, official data shows that the UK saw its greatest number of strikes since 2011 in October, Moderna and Merck have some success with a cancer vaccine, and Israel gene-edits hens to lay only female eggs.
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Facts & Spin for December 13, 2022 top stories: Four people are charged in an EU parliament corruption investigation, Previous Twitter management is accused of tweaking the rules to permanently ban Trump, Peru’s president seeks early elections as protests rock the country, Biden and the G7 pledge more military assistance to Ukraine, The UN says over 11k children have been killed or maimed in Yemen's civil war, A Libyan man suspected in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing arrives in US custody, The second Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition trial begins, Twitter's paid blue tick is re-launched, China deactivates its national COVID tracking app, A girl is cleared of incurable cancer with a new base editing therapy, and the US is set to announce a breakthrough in fusion energy.
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Facts & Spin for December 10, 2022 top stories: Twitter is accused of keeping “secret blacklists” to limit users, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Democratic party, Italy, Japan and the UK announce plans to merge projects for a new fighter jet, a Moscow shopping mall catches fire, the US House backs a record military spending bill, 28 oil tankers get logjammed in Turkish waters, China and Saudi Arabia sign a strategic partnership agreement, the Keystone pipeline is shut down following a Kansas oil spill, economists agree the US is heading into a shallow recession, and scientists discover a lost world in Greenland after sequencing two-million-year-old DNA.
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Facts & Spin for December 9, 2022 top stories: Brittney Griner is released in a Russian prisoner swap, Putin admits the Ukraine war could be a “long-term process,” Iran carries out its first protest-related execution, more classified documents are found at a Trump storage site, Narendra Modi’s BJP is set for a record win in India’s Gujarat state, Pakistani investigators say journalist Arshad Sharif’s killing in Kenya was “planned,” FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is said to be facing a market manipulation inquiry, the Biden admin. urges SCOTUS to hold Big Tech liable for recommending dangerous content, NFL’s Dan Snyder is accused of obstructing a House probe into the Washington Commanders, and Croatia joins Europe's free-travel zone.
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