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Trump Cut Cambodia Tariffs to 10%
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
form, originally posted on Facebook and purportedly advertising job opportunities at the Kenya Red Cross Society
Publisher’s rating: Hoax
پسانداز دلاری مردم از کل صادرات کشور بیشتر است.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
2024 මෙරට නිල විදෙස් සංචිතය IMF දුන් ඉලක්කය අභිබවා ගිය හේතුව බවට නොමග යන සටහනක්!
Publisher’s rating: Missing context
Объемы продаж в продуктовых магазинах Эстонии за месяц упали на 5%.
Publisher’s rating: Продажи продуктовых магазинов в Эстонии на 5% сократились за год
Get up to $325: $25 for opening a SoFi Checking and Savings account + up to $300 with qualifying direct deposit ($50 for direct deposit $1,000-$4,999 or $300 for $5,000+)
Publisher’s rating: It seems accurate from what I can tell
Juan Sutil: “El Estado debe subsidiarnos a los empresarios que exportamos”: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
トランプ大統領「消費税と米の関税とガソリン税と自動車重量税をやめたら相互関税やめてやる」と発言
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
"The European Union, shown at the second position, charges 39% tariffs on imports from the US."
Publisher’s rating: False. according to the World Trade Organisation, the EU's trade-weighted average tariff rate is 2.7%. The highest average tariff rate that the European Union charges some countries is 30% on dairy products.
post on TikTok claiming that Centenary Bank has announced vacancies for several job positions
Publisher’s rating: Hoax
"Canada by the way imposes a 250-300% tariff on many of our dairy products, the first can of milk, the first little carton of milk, very low price, after that, it gets bad."
Publisher’s rating: False. The tariffs Canada imposes on US dairy products are arranged in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It applies to 14 categories of dairy products, such as milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. As agreed in the USMCA, a certain number of US dairy products is allowed to enter the Canadian market tariff-free. When this limit is reached, other tariff calculations kick in to protect domestic producers. These over-quota tariffs are between 200 and 300%. However, according to the USMCA, Canada has guaranteed that tens of thousands of metric tons of imported US milk per year will face zero tariffs.
石破首相が食品の消費税を0%にする方針
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
A viral post claimed that Prime Minister Ishiba planned to set the consumption tax on food to 0%. The review says the wording came from a message-board thread title, and that Ishiba had not announced such a policy as of April 4, 2025.
В Литве молоко подорожало на 30%, а инфляция достигла 22,5%.
Publisher’s rating: Молочные продукты в литовских магазинах за год подорожали на 3–11%, а годовая инфляция в феврале 2025 достигла 3,5%.
කීල්ස් සුපර් සහ ආර්පිකෝ වෙතින් පැය ගණනකින් මුදල් ඉපැයිය හැකි මාර්ගගත රැකියා ලබාදෙනවා ද?
Publisher’s rating: False
On new tariffs: "Reciprocal. That means they do it to us and we do it to them. Very simple. Can’t get any simpler than that.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."
Publisher’s rating: True
За последние пять лет Александра Лукашенко у власти благосостояние беларусов значительно улучшилось
Publisher’s rating: Ведущая ОНТ рассказала, как выросли средние беларусские зарплаты, пенсии, пособия и прочие выплаты, без учета инфляции, скорости увеличения доходов и расходов и прочих нюансов