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Full Fact→ How many excess deaths are A&E delays causing?
Earlier this month the Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimated delays are causing 300-500 deaths a week - but NHS leaders say they “don’t recognise these numbers”.
Poynter→ Climate activist Greta Thunberg didn’t stage her recent detention in Germany, police say
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg made headlines this week when she was detained while protesting against a coal mining operation in Lutzerath, Germany. But some people claim the moment was […] The post Climate activist Greta Thunberg didn
Logically→ Greta Thunberg’s arrest in Germany was staged.
Police officials confirmed to Logically that Thunberg was detained and the incident was not staged.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden is halfway through his term. Here's how many campaign promises he's kept so far
PolitiFact has been tracking Biden’s campaign promises since his first day in office. He has kept many promises around health care, but has been less successful on pledges about criminal justice and has a mixed record on immigration.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Climate activist Greta Thunberg didn’t stage her recent detention in Germany, police say
Greta Thunberg staged an arrest in Germany.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Greta Thunberg’s Detainment In Germany Was NOT Staged — She Was Brought To Police Station To Share Her Personal Information
Was Greta Thunberg's detainment by police in Germany staged? No, that's not true: The spokesperson of the Aachen police department told Lead Stories that Thunberg's interactions with the police at the scene were real, but no arrests were
Logically→ Images online show more than 80 Iranian Muslims accepted Christianity in Germany recently.
Older images of people being baptized on different occasions have been misrepresented as 80 Iranian Muslims converting to Christianity recently.
Logically→ mRNA vaccine technology has injured and killed many people.
Millions of people have safely taken mRNA vaccines. Adverse reactions to the vaccine and deaths are rare.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Shots Have NOT Increased ‘Sudden Deaths’ By 4 Times In Germany
Have COVID-19 vaccine rollouts increased "sudden deaths" in Germany by four times? No, that's not true: The claim misuses billing data to make medical claims, according to the chairman of the board of the doctors who provide health under
Climate Feedback→ Wind turbines can kill birds, but not as many as fossil fuels and other anthropogenic impacts
Wind energy is the largest source of renewable energy in the United States, and second largest in the world after hydropower.[1] A commonly reported critique of wind energy is that birds sometimes die from collision with its associated infrastructure,
Logically→ Mesut Ozil was dismissed from Germany’s national team for condemning China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.
Mesut Ozil cited racism and discrimination by the German Football Association and the media as the reason for resigning in 2018.
Truth or Fiction?→ Germany Arrests 25 in Coup Plot
On December 7 2022, 25 people in Germany were arrested in early morning raids in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government: Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting to overthrow the government from worldnews In
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Science Does NOT Prove Nazi Germany’s Use Of Zyklon B Gas To Commit Genocide Is Impossible
Is it impossible that Nazi Germany used a gaseous form of hydrogen cyanide, also known as Zyklon B, to commit mass murder in World War II concentration camps because the compound is "air soluble" and conditions in gas chambers "would not
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence shows that unvaccinated people are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die, contrary to claim in viral social media posts about Germany data
REVIEW Despite scientific evidence demonstrating that COVID-19 vaccination effectively reduces the risk of severe disease[1-5], claims that COVID-19 vaccines don’t work or even make things worse persist in online spaces and social media. Such clai
PolitiFact→ Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races
Many election deniers who sought to undo voting rights lost in pivotal races including Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania and Kristina Karamo in Michigan. The 2022 election was a blow – but not necessarily a fatal one – to election denialism.
Poynter→ PA Senate race features a lot of viral moments – many worthy of a fact-check
The 2022 midterms are high stakes for the Democratic and Republican parties, and that is especially apparent in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The Keystone State has long been a […] The post PA Senate race features a lot of viral moments
Logically→ Euronews reported that an auction house in Germany is raising funds for Ukraine’s armed forces by destroying art.
The video report is fabricated and was never published by Euronews. The entities mentioned in connection with the event have denied any association.
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – Many climate predictions do come true
For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”
Snopes→ Why Are So Many People Delighted by Disgusting Things?
Going out of your way to get grossed out might seem like a contradiction of human nature. But it serves a strong evolutionary purpose.
Snopes→ Nigerian City Celebrates Its Many Twins with Annual Festival
Nearly every family in the southwestern city of Igbo-Ora has twins or other multiple births, says local chief Jimoh Titiloye.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Snow and a lack of wind are not stopping solar and wind energy production in Germany
"In Germany, millions of solar panels are blanketed in snow and 30,000 wind turbines are sitting idle because there’s no wind.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Declare War On Russia On October 11, 2022
Did Germany declare war on Russia on October 11, 2022? No, that's not true. There are no credible reports or official statements confirming this claim. Even a video posted on Facebook with a headline asserting that Germany had declared wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Satire Account — NOT Reuters — Posted A Tweet Claiming Germany Said US Attacked Nord Stream Pipeline
Did Reuters publish a tweet claiming that Germany has invoked NATO's collective defense provision since the United States attacked the Nord Stream pipeline? No, that's not true: This tweet was not published by Reuters news agency, but by
Full Fact→ How many Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine?
Estimates vary from as few as 6,000 to as many as 55,000.
Logically→ Ukrainian nationals were arrested for selling Stinger missiles in Bremen, Germany.
Bremen Police have denied the claim saying they haven't made any such arrests. The video in question is manipulated.
Logically→ Germany has suspended the administration of all COVID-19 vaccines.
The German government has continued the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, and the claims made in the video are baseless.
Snopes→ Mexico’s Earthquake Coincidence Drives Anxiety for Many
Three powerful earthquakes have struck Mexico on Sept. 19 — in 1985, 2017 and now 2022. The unlucky coincidence has driven anxiety high for many.
Snopes→ Westminster Abbey Has Witnessed Nearly a Millennium of British History – but Many Rituals, Like Those at Royal Funerals, Are More Modern
The royal funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022, was a public ceremony on a truly global scale.
Logically→ CM Bhagwant Mann was deplaned from a flight in Germany for being drunk causing a 4-hour delay.
Lufthansa, the airline, has clarified that the delay happened because of a delayed inbound flight and an aircraft change, not because of CM Mann.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 1 In 25 Clients Of Germany’s Largest Health Insurer Were NOT Treated For COVID Vaccine Side Effects In 2021
Were 1 in every 25 clients of Germany's largest health insurer, Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), treated for side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021? No, that's not true: Only one of the four diagnosis codes (ICD) for billing health insu
PolitiFact→ Three things about the abortion debate that many people get wrong
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to abortion, things are more than a litt
FactCheck.org→ Misrepresentation of Germany’s Data on Unverified COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects
SciCheck Digest Viral claims have repeatedly misrepresented unverified data from a U.S. vaccine safety system that encourages reports of any potential side effects — whether they’re likely to be caused by the vaccine or not. Now we’re
PolitiFact→ Why many voters in Arizona, Missouri will use voting centers, not precincts, on Election Day
When many Arizona voters show up to cast a ballot in the Aug. 2 primary, they will be able to choose from several vote c
Snopes→ England Beats Germany 2-1 in European Championship Final
England beat Germany 2-1 in the final of the European Championship after extra time on Sunday to win its first major women’s soccer title.
PolitiFact→ Many states are looking toward abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest
More than 75% of Americans support allowing legal abortions in cases of rape and incest. But such exceptions are absent from most of the abortion bans that are poised to become law in some states.
Health Feedback→ Consuming sufficient vitamin C is necessary for health and plays an important role in many of the body’s chemical processes
REVIEW Footage of a speech by the late Alfredo Bowman, who also went by Doctor Sebi even though he didn’t hold a doctoral degree, circulated on social media in July 2022. Bowman, who died in 2016, was a herbalist who made several inaccurate claims
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines have not killed twice as many people as the virus
This claim is based on a survey which is unlikely to be representative of the US population.
Logically→ The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has led to a decline in the birth rate in Germany.
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Snopes→ Germany, Nigeria Sign Accord for Return of Benin Bronzes
Germany and Nigeria signed an agreement paving the way for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa more than 120 years ago.