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Kibera protest image over DP Ruto's alleged involvement in corruption
Publisher’s rating: False.
En los últimos cinco consejos de ministros, (Rajoy) aprobó 412 medidas de las que 121 eran decretos
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The signboard of a truck cautioned drivers from blowing the horn since "the Modi govt was asleep."
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Former PM Jawaharlal Nehru had rejected the offer for India to be a permanent member in the council twice.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Con Carmena cada madrileño pasa una media de 129 horas atascado al año
Publisher’s rating: Engañoso
अब सेना भी लगाने लगे नारा चौकीदार ही चोर है
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Independent Tamworth candidate and councillor Mark Rodda accuses NSW ministers of gifting funds to government-held seats for “unworthy” arts projects.
Publisher’s rating: True - The checkable claims are all true.
Con Carmena pasas más tiempo esperando el autobús (11,6 minutos de media)
Publisher’s rating: Falso
MODI को अपना घर भरना होता तो वह १३ साल गुजरात का CM रह कर भर लेता | उसे कुर्सी से नहीं सिर्फ अपने देश से प्रेम है | १००% सत्य
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
प्रधानमंत्री आवास योजना की सूचि में नाम जोड़कर लोगों को २.५ लाख रुपये प्राप्त हो सकते है
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian claims the SFF has policies to give guns to 10-year-olds and relax John Howard’s 1996 National Firearm Agreement.
Publisher’s rating: Ambiguous - It is not possible to determine the veracity of the statement, or it has an equal weighting of true and false elements.
社群流傳圖片說「變態的政府」、「每天除了想戰爭，就是搞性變態」，還說「性平經費原來是用來推廣同志情慾」這樣的謠言內容。
Publisher’s rating: 不實
Claims Bam Aquino said this: "I care for the poor and they should be fed leftovers or scavenged food"
Publisher’s rating: False: Bam Aquino, author of the zero food waste bill, never said such a thing
El cartel sobre ayudas a la vivienda de la Comunidad de Madrid
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The review investigated an image circulating through WhatsApp that purported to list documents needed to obtain housing assistance from the Community of Madrid in 2019. The outlet says it asked the regional government about the image and was told it was false. The supposed requirements included a birth certificate for people not born in Spain, proof of affiliation with a minority religion, and proof of belonging to the LGTBI community; the government said none of those were required for the assistance described. The review compared the image’s purported requirements with the actual housing programs. It describes the regional government’s implementation of the 2018–2021 State Housing Plan, which provided specific assistance to young people and people facing eviction, and says the Ministry of Labour had no role in that plan. It also checked the separate Social Housing Agency allocation plan for people in special need. For that program, the article says applicants instead had to provide ordinary documents concerning their financial circumstances or housing need. The review points to features of the image that did not fit the programs it examined: the repeated Ministry of Labour emblems and the Community of Madrid emblem, as well as Podemos and Ahora Madrid logos. It notes that the latter were inconsistent with the regional government then being led by Ángel Garrido of the Popular Party. These observations support the review’s conclusion about the image; the excerpt does not identify who created or originally circulated it.
US member of congress Ilhan Omar said ‘all white men should be put in chains’
Publisher’s rating: False
