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"Today, record numbers of Black Americans have jobs."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly accurate
أن البنك الدولي صرح بنهب تريليون دينار في ليبيا خلال العشر سنوات الأخيرة
Publisher’s rating: خطأ
GroenLinks, PVDA en D66 hebben de BTW verhoogd op groente en fruit.
Publisher’s rating: De btw-verhoging op groente en fruit gebeurde onder kabinet Rutte-III. GroenLinks en PvdA waren geen deel van dit kabinet. D66 wel.
The VAT increase took effect under cabinet Rutte-III, which included D66 but not GroenLinks or PvdA; those two parties were in opposition and did not support the plan. The increase applied to the entire reduced VAT rate, not only fruit and vegetables.
Vai ter cobrança de novo imposto sobre Pix
Publisher’s rating: ENGANOSO
The review finds that the video misleadingly suggested the government was creating a new tax on Pix and Drex transactions. It says Daniel Loria’s May 3 remarks concerned split payment—a mechanism for collecting tax on a purchase when it occurs—not a new tax on Pix or Drex.
Deutschland sei der größte Nettozahler zum EU-Haushalt.
Publisher’s rating: Richtig. Deutschland leistet am meisten zum EU-Haushalt, weil es das wirtschaftsstärkste Land ist und andere Länder mehr Gelder erhalten. Experten sagen und Studien berechnen, dass Deutschland dennoch einen großen wirtschaftlichen Vorteil von der EU-Mitgliedschaft hat.
Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !!
Publisher’s rating: False
Deutsche würden besonders viel oder am längsten im Vergleich mit anderen EU-Ländern arbeiten.
Publisher’s rating: Falschbehauptung. Es gibt verschiedene Statistiken, um die Arbeitszeit von Erwerbstätigen zu erfassen. In keiner dieser Statistiken liegt Deutschland sehr weit vorne.
هل سيتمكن حاملو سندات اليورو بوند من رفع دعاوى لإسترداد أموالهم من الدولة اللبنانية في شباط 2025؟
Publisher’s rating: صحيح جزئيًا
The review says Eurobond holders could file lawsuits, but the five-year period was not a deadline for bringing them. Rather, it says that after March 9, 2025, holders would begin losing their right to interest unless the bonds were restructured; the review describes the filing deadline as not limited to that period. Its legal discussion says the lawsuits were intended to preserve claims to interest.
Mortgage rates are coming down
Publisher’s rating: Mortgage rates are down from their recent peaks. However in recent months they have been going back up.
The big banks, since 2016, have had tax cuts worth about £4.3 billion a year
Publisher’s rating: The Liberal Democrats’ own calculation shows that the tax cuts Sir Ed was speaking about are worth around £3.8 billion a year at the moment. They will only reach £4.3 billion in the year ending March 2029.
Labour plans to bring in 12 new taxes.
Publisher’s rating: The assertion that Labour has a dozen new taxes planned if it forms the next government comes from a newspaper report that does not explicitly refer to new taxation. There are also no official Labour Party announcements saying that it would create 12 new taxes.
هل يسقط الإتفاق المبدئي مع صندوق النقد الدولي بعد سنتين من عدم المضي فيه حكماً بحسب النظام الداخلي للصندوق؟
Publisher’s rating: صحيح جزئيًا
The review finds no deadline in the IMF’s founding agreement, rules or regulations that automatically makes a preliminary agreement lapse after two years without progress. It says the IMF does list member countries whose Article IV consultations are more than 18 months overdue, but that is not a stated two-year expiry rule for preliminary agreements.
“[os mais pobres] levam em média de 2 horas e meia dentro do transporte público”
Publisher’s rating: Verdadeiro
Die EU plant einen Ukraine-Soli. Ab August sollen voraussichtlich jedem Deutschen mindestens 80 Euro pro Monat als Soli abgezogen werden.
Publisher’s rating: Der EU-Kommission zufolge gibt es keine Pläne für eine EU-Solidaritätsabgabe für die Ukraine. Auch dem Bundesfinanzministerium (BMF) sind weder Pläne noch eine konkret bevorstehende Einführung einer solchen Abgabe bekannt.
The review says the EU has no plans for a Ukraine solidarity levy, and Germany’s finance ministry knew of neither plans nor a concrete imminent introduction. The EU Commission’s German representation told dpa, “There are no such plans”; the review also notes that the EU is not authorized to levy taxes or charges under current law.