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Trump lowering his head while shaking hands with Xi Jinping during Trump’s May 2026 visit to Beijing.
Publisher’s rating: Altered
FactCrescendo reports that video and press photographs show Trump and Xi upright during a standard handshake, with no bow. It says the viral image appears to have been digitally altered to change Trump’s posture.
Ex-president Duterte has returned to the Philippines
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Duterte supporters gather in a Davao city rally
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Video shows people removing TVK flags and symbols after TVK MLA Madar Badruddin supported Udayanidhi Stalin’s remarks against Sanatana Dharma.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the video shows supporters of Thoothukudi TVK leader Ajitha Agnel removing flags and symbols after she was denied a party ticket in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. It dates the footage to 29 March 2026 and says it is unrelated to Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Sanatana Dharma comments, which the review dates to 13 May 2026.
Good news for TN citizens! Now we can directly submit our Complaints to our CM Vijay through the official helpline. Step 1: Go to http://cmhelpline.tnega.org Step 2: Login with your phone number Step 3: Choose the department and post your complaint. Simple and transparent.. thanks to @TVKVijayHQ @CMOTamilnadu
Publisher’s rating: false
The video shows Muslims in West Bengal protesting against the restriction on offering namaz on roads.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review found that the video was filmed in Chattogram, Bangladesh, not West Bengal. It identified the gathering as a funeral for former Awami League leader Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, held on 14 May 2026. [S1]
இதுவரை தமிழகத்தை ஆண்ட எந்த முதல்வரும் காலை பத்து மணிக்கு பணிக்கு வந்து வரும்போதே வீட்டிலிருந்து கையில் மதிய சாப்பாடு கொண்டு வந்து தலைமை செயலகத்தில் வைத்து சாப்பிட்டு அப்படியே பணியை மீண்டும் தொடங்கி மாலை நான்கு மணிக்கு வீடடுக்கு சென்றவர்கள் யாராவது உண்டா.. ஒரு அரசு ஊழியர் போல் மக்கள் பணியை செய்யும் முதல்வரே... தொடரட்டும் உங்களது மக்கள் பணி..
Publisher’s rating: fake
నరేంద్ర మోదీ, యోగి ఆదిత్యనాథ్లను అమెరికాలోకి ప్రవేశించకుండా అమెరికా ప్రభుత్వం నిషేధం విధించింది.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Video shows shops owned by Muslim minority being targetted and razed after the BJP’s victory in the 2026 West Bengal elections.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video shows an anti-encroachment drive in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, in December 2025, before the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. The review says the footage has no connection to West Bengal or the BJP’s election victory.
The images show Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay touching the feet of Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi during his swearing-in ceremony.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY says the viral images are AI-generated, not genuine visuals of C. Joseph Vijay touching Rahul Gandhi’s feet at the ceremony. It reports that the reviewed livestream did not show the alleged gesture and that AI-detection tools flagged the images.
Authentic video shows fresh vegetables at the grocery store in 2001
Publisher’s rating: False.
Is it unusual for Hyalomma ticks to "aggressively" run toward hosts, and is it the result of genetic modification, as some users on social media suggested?
Publisher’s rating: False. The genus Hyalomma was scientifically documented as early as 1844 by German entomologist Carl Ludwig Koch, who noted their ability to hunt. More scientists studied their ability to sense and chase target hosts, long before genetic modification was discovered in the 1970s. The « aggressive » behavior of Hyalomma ticks does not require biological engineering and has been observed over a century before genetic modification was discovered.
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