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By Reuters Staff 6 Min Read Posts in a Facebook group for flat earth conspiracy theorists claim to show images of colossal human remains. Shared as alleged proof that gigantic humans once roamed the planet, these pictures have been altered and are part of an Internet hoax that has been around for …
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By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read Suggesting that a collage made by an artist is an unaltered photograph, a post on Facebook showing a tall building inside a giant tree stump has been shared as alleged proof of a “Flat Earth” conspiracy theory that real trees no longer exist. The post does not show a …
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By Christian Akorlie 3 Min Read ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana launched its coronavirus vaccination drive on Tuesday after receiving 600,000 AstraZeneca doses from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme aimed at helping developing nations combat the pandemic. Slideshow ( 3 images ) The start of …
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By Reuters Staff 7 Min Read A post circulating on Facebook claims that President Joe Biden “manipulated” and “controlled” the weather to cause the Texas deep freeze in mid-February 2021 that has left millions without power and at least 21 people dead. This claim is false. The rare winter storm was …
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By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read Posts on social media claim to show proof that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is implicated in a secret “chemtrails” programme – a conspiracy theory whose adherents believe government figures are secretly dropping toxic chemicals from planes to harm citizens. Reuters …
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By Reuters Staff 6 Min Read Following President Joe Biden’s swearing in on Jan. 20, a Facebook post shared over 6,140 times has said: “Not one court has looked at the evidence and said that Biden legally won. Not one”. This is false: state and federal judges dismissed more than 50 lawsuits …
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By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadQUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s election authority said on Friday it will conduct a recount in most of the country to ensure the transparency of Sunday’s presidential elections, after one of the candidates made accusations of electoral fraud.Slideshow ( 5 images )Left-wing …
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By Sarah N. Lynch 5 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five alleged members of the far-right Proud Boys group have been charged with criminal conspiracy in last month’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol that sought to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, according to a criminal complaint …
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By Gabriel Crossley 3 Min Read BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on the United States on Wednesday to invite the World Health Organization to investigate origins of the COVID-19 outbreak there, as sparring over the pandemic continued after the WHO wrapped up its field work in the Chinese city of …
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By Reuters Staff 7 Min Read Posts circulating on Facebook in late 2020 and early 2021 claim that Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., the second person to walk on the moon, claimed that he “saw aliens while he was there.” According to the posts, Aldrin “told nasa (sic) & later took a lie detector test, …
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