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A photo shared by a social media user purportedly showing Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin’s photo in New York Times Square.
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Kejari Grobogan Minta Uang Kegiatan Bimbingan
Publisher’s rating: Disinformasi
The review examined WhatsApp images of receipts dated November 9, 2021, and April 10, 2023, that purported to show payments for prosecutor’s-office guidance activities. Grobogan’s intelligence chief said the office had never held such activities or collected fees: “pihaknya tidak pernah menyelenggarakan kegiatan bimbingan dan meminta iuran uang.”
هل أعطى الدستور اللبناني وزير الأشغال العامة والنقل الصلاحية لإنفاق أموال الوزارة "حسب ما يراه مناسبًا"؟
Publisher’s rating: صحيح جزئياً
The review says Article 66 gives the minister responsibility for managing the ministry, including deciding how to spend its appropriations. That authority is not unlimited: the minister must follow government direction and applicable laws and regulations, and may be held accountable for violations.
Frase de ministra mostra que Bolsonaro foi perseguido na pandemia
Publisher’s rating: Enganoso: Em nenhum momento a ministra da Saúde comentou sobre a imunização contra a covid-19 em entrevista dada à CNN Brasil. A pauta da entrevista foi, na verdade, a mpox.
टाइम्स स्क्वायर न्यूयॉर्क पर तमिलनाडु के सीएम की फोटो
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
Frase de ministra mostra que Bolsonaro foi perseguido na pandemia
Publisher’s rating: ENGANOSO
The review says the post took Health Minister Nísia Trindade’s remarks out of context: her statement that mass vaccination was not recommended concerned mpox, not COVID-19. It reports that she made the remarks in a CNN interview on August 21 and explained that mpox spreads through contact, unlike COVID-19’s broad transmission.
ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ ముఖ్య మంత్రి చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు డిప్యూటీ ముఖ్య మంత్రి పవన్ కళ్యాణ్ ను విమర్శిస్తున్నారు
Publisher’s rating: False
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval’s Facebook post expressing his views on the RSS.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the viral screenshot of an alleged Facebook post by Ajit Doval about the RSS is fake. It reports that Doval has no official social media accounts and that it found no reports of him expressing the views attributed to him in the post.
Kamala Harris décrit dans cette vidéo comment elle a appris qu'elle pouvait ruiner la vie de quelqu'un d'un simple coup de stylo.
Publisher’s rating: La séquence a été coupée de manière trompeuse. Dans la suite de son discours, Kamala Harris utilise cet exemple pour critiquer l'ancien président américain Donald Trump, qu'elle juge inconscient du pouvoir qu'il détient.
Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu criticising Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan
Publisher’s rating: False
O amor está no ar. Ninguém é páreo para o amor. Amor. Lula e Alexandre de Moraes foram flagrados se beijando
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Video shows a 'grand welcome' for Indian PM at Ukraine airport
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
दीपेंद्र हुड्डा ने स्वीकार किया है कि बीजेपी सरकार के तहत हरियाणा 'नॉन-स्टॉप' विकास कर रहा है.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
حاکم دبی، خرید ۸۰ فروند جنگنده از فرانسه را بهخاطر بازداشت پاول دورف، مدیر تلگرام، تعلیق کرد.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Les démocrates ont teint la rivière Chicago en rouge pour célébrer l'avortement.
Publisher’s rating: Non, les démocrates n'ont pas coloré la rivière Chicago pour célébrer l'avortement. La photo du cours d'eau teint en rouge provient d'un article parodique.
The review says Democrats did not dye the Chicago River red to celebrate abortion. It traces the shared photo to a satirical article, which used an image from Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day river-dyeing celebration with the green color changed to red.