Fact & Spin

Facts & Spin for December 8, 2022 top stories: Peru’s president is impeached and arrested after attempting to dissolve Congress, Raphael Warnock defeats Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff, Washington says it 'neither encouraged nor enabled' Ukraine to strike Russian territory, Germany arrests 25 people accused of plotting a coup, Argentina’s vice president is sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, Turkey reportedly sets a two-week deadline for the Syrian Democratic Forces to withdraw from Northern Syria, The US Supreme Court hears arguments on congressional district maps, Twitter fires its general counsel over possible internal document suppression, China loosens more COVID restrictions, and the EU agrees that airlines should have to pay more to pollute.
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Facts & Spin for December 7, 2022 top stories: Indonesia passes a new criminal code outlawing extramarital sex, the International Criminal Court (ICC) opposes the EU’s plan for a Ukraine tribunal, Al Jazeera urges the ICC to investigate the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Trump Organization is found guilty of multiple counts of criminal tax fraud, the US Department of Justice subpoenas election officials in key swing states, Google launches an anti-misinformation campaign in India, the EU says Meta can’t run targeted ads without consent, Australia raises interest rates to a 10-year high, Musk’s Neuralink faces a federal probe over animal tests, and a report finds that child marijuana use has soared nearly 250% in the last 20 years.
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Facts & Spin for December 6, 2022 top stories: The US secret services says Chinese hackers stole millions in COVID relief funds, Elon Musk releases the “Twitter Files” on Hunter Biden, Multiple blasts strike Russian airfields, An anti-government protest turns deadly in Syria, Iran’s Attorney General says the Morality Police will be disbanded, A power grid attack leaves a North Carolina county in the dark, A web designer takes on Colorados’s Anti-Discrimination Act, Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker make their last pitch in the Georgia midterm election runoff, India signals it will continue to buy oil from Russia, The Confederation of Business Industry says the UK economy will shrink in 2023, and three Chinese astronauts return to Earth.
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Facts & Spin for December 3, 2022 top stories: Arizona County certifies its election results, The Pentagon unveils its first new bomber in 30 years, Biden and Putin say they’d be open to talk under certain conditions, The EU sets a $60 price cap on Russian oil, An appeals court gives the Justice Department access to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents, The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announce they’re halting anti-IS operations, The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses M23 rebels of killing 50 civilians, The US labor department reports job growth and wage increases for November, Pfizer says it will invest more than $2.5 billion to expand its European manufacturing, and Caltech physicists simulate a tiny “wormhole” in a lab.
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Facts & Spin for December 2, 2022 top stories: A blast kills at least 15 in northern Afghanistan, CDC's Director is under fire for her Tuskegee Syphilis tweet, five more letter bombs reported in Spain as nine killed in fires across Ukraine, a US House committee receives Trump's tax returns, IS acknowledges leader's death, the EU reportedly threatens a Twitter ban over content moderation, South Africa's President under pressure over 'Farmgate' scandal, 2k have allegedly been killed fighting Myanmar's Junta, a Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 is jailed for Six Years, the UN seeks record $51B In aid for 2023, and Elon Musk's Neuralink is ready for human testing.
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Facts & Spin for December 1, 2022 top stories: San Francisco Police get approved to use lethal robots, Pentagon claims China will quadruple its nuclear warheads, the EU proposes a special court for Russian war crimes and using frozen assets for Ukraine, the US Senate passes a bill protecting same-sex marriage, NYC will involuntarily hospitalize mentally ill, Hakeem Jeffries will succeed Pelosi as Democratic House Leader, the Oath Keepers founder is convicted of seditious conspiracy, four are killed by a suicide bomb targeting a Pakistan polio campaign, an Alzheimer's drug slows cognitive decline but may have killed people, and the French Baguette controversially makes UNESCO's Cultural Heritage List.
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Facts & Spin for November 30, 2022 top stories: Twitter ends its COVID misinformation policy, Musk says Apple threatened to boot Twitter from its app store, China cracks down on COVID protests, 4 Palestinians are killed in the West Bank, The US accuses Russia of using winter as a weapon, The Georgia runoff sets an early voting record, Congress and Biden intervene in planned railroad strikes, Another crypto company goes bankrupt, Pakistan's Taliban ends its truce, and Qatar says up to 500 World Cup migrant workers died.
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Facts & Spin for November 29, 2022 top stories: China cracks down amid unprecedented COVID protests, newspapers urge US to drop Assange charges, at least 14 are killed in a Somali hotel siege, the US reportedly mulls 100-mile weapons for Ukraine, Trump is criticized for meeting with far-Right Nick Fuentes, Musk says he'll back DeSantis for President, the Buffalo Mass Shooter pleads guilty to murder, police bust a cocaine 'Super-Cartel' in Dubai and Europe, the US allows Chevron to pump oil in Venezuela, China is portrayed as a military space threat, and the WHO renames Monkeypox to "Mpox"
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Facts & Spin for November 26, 2022 top stories:  Vaccinated people now make up a most US COVID deaths,The US claims that Turkish airstrikes in Syria directly threatened its troops, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo agree to a ceasefire, The EU struggles with a Russian oil price cap amidst deadly Kherson strikes,Georgia reinstates a 6 week abortion ban, A US writer sues Trump for defamation and battery, Alaska's Murkowski and Peltola win reelection, Musk will reinstate suspended Twitter Accounts, Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Prime Minister after year in jail, Pakistan's Army Chief admits military meddling in politics, and  Europe will fund a study on beaming solar energy from space.
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Facts & Spin for November 24, 2022 top stories: The EU designates Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, The Supreme Court rules that Trump's tax returns will be released, the gunman who killed six at a Virginia Walmart is among the dead, Canada's Trudeau will testify about his controversial use of the Emergencies Act, twin Jerusalem blasts kill 1 and injure many, Ukraine claims that Russian struck a maternity ward and killed a newborn, iPhone factory protests erupt in China, the UK Supreme Court vetoes Scotland's Independence Referendum, Brazil's Bolsonaro challenges his election loss, Alabama's governor suspends executions and Biden extends his student loan repayment pause.
 
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