Moldova on Moscow’s Mind

StopFake.org - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 20:40
By EUvsDisinfo Moldovans went to the polls on 20 October to elect their next president and to enshrine in the country’s constitution their desire to join the European Union. Both ballots, but in particular the constitutional referendum, attracted considerable pro-Kremlin disinformation and manipulation. The result of the constitutional vote – with 50.38 per cent in favour and […]
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Twists and Turns: Georgian Dream Rhetoric on the EU

StopFake.org - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 20:14
By EUvsDisinfo Georgia’s ruling party has adopted increasingly hostile rhetoric against the EU and the West as it seeks to clamp down on the opposition. Pro-Kremlin outlets in the country have readily aligned with government rhetoric ahead of the elections. In recent years, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party’s pro-EU stance has sharply declined, signalling […]
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Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction

Scientific News BBC - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 18:02
Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.
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Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction

Scientific News BBC - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 18:02
Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.
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World way off target in tackling climate change - UN

Scientific News BBC - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 12:00
The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever
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How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?

Health News BBC - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 03:06
The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse
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How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?

Health News BBC - Mon, 10/28/2024 - 03:06
The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse
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Fighting disinformation in Central Europe: showing StopFake’s best practices in Skopje, North Macedonia

StopFake.org - Sun, 10/27/2024 - 11:50
StopFake is proud to announce Skopje as our next stop! It’s an amazing opportunity to learn more about fake news, how to spot it and how to counter disinformation. StopFake is 10 years old this year. To celebrate, the famous Ukraine-based team of fact-checkers has teamed up with Google News Initiative to go on tour. […]
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Russia is Indoctrinating Schoolchildren Throughout Occupied Ukraine

StopFake.org - Sat, 10/26/2024 - 18:17
By Tetiana Kotelnykova, for UkraineAlert In March 2023, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his role in the mass abduction of Ukrainian children. The ICC’s allegations made headlines around the world, helping to raise international awareness about the thousands of Ukrainian children who have been abducted […]
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Pipeline of Lies and Fantasies

StopFake.org - Sat, 10/26/2024 - 17:53
By EUcsDisinfo Winter is approaching and with it a new focus on those familiar Kremlin disinformation narratives about the EU’s energy supply and the folly of ‘anti-Russian’ sanctions. The story has remained largely unchanged since Putin cut gas supplies to Europe back in spring 2022 with a demand to lift EU sanctions. According to the pro-Kremlin disinformation, […]
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Fake: Ukraine Plans to Make Bomb from Nuclear Waste

StopFake.org - Sat, 10/26/2024 - 14:04
Ukraine does not possess nuclear weapons and has no ongoing efforts to create them. It has neither the technological capabilities nor the desire to violate the many international agreements that Ukraine continues to uphold. Russia has once again spread disinformation suggesting that Ukraine is preparing to make a dirty nuclear bomb, this time claiming that […]
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UK regulator tells doctors to watch out for obesity injection misuse

Health News BBC - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 21:07
It follows reports of a rise in numbers of people who are not obese, becoming very sick.
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Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic

Scientific News BBC - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 02:05
Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.
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NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s

Health News BBC - Wed, 10/23/2024 - 12:02
A new drug that slows the pace of Alzheimer's disease is too expensive for too little benefit to be used on the NHS, the watchdog says.
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What is assisted dying and could the law change?

Health News BBC - Wed, 10/23/2024 - 11:27
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.
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Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines?

Health News BBC - Wed, 10/23/2024 - 08:48
People affected by rare blood clots say they feel they have been airbrushed out of the pandemic.
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Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines?

Health News BBC - Wed, 10/23/2024 - 08:48
People affected by rare blood clots say they feel they have been airbrushed out of the pandemic.
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Could vaccines end the winter vomiting bug?

Health News BBC - Wed, 10/23/2024 - 02:05
The easily spreadable virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences during winter.
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