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To learn more, we consulted an unedited video of Trump's full campaign rally speech as delivered in Laconia, New Hampshire, in January 2024.

As speculation continued to swirl in Thailand of a backroom deal to grant jailed former leader Thaksin Shinawatra leniency on his sentence, posts have shared a picture of him appearing to be healthy alongside the false claim the image was taken in January 2024. The photo, however, was actually published on Instagram by his daughter in July 2022. According to Thai authorities, Thaksin remains in a police hospital because of poor health as of January 23, 2024.

Donald Trump on Friday again referred to his GOP challenger Nikki Haley by a mangled version of her birth name, this time calling her "Nimbra." "Nimbra doesn't have what it takes," Trump wrote on his social media platform after earlier this week referring to her as "Nikki 'Nimrada' Haley." On Thursday night, Haley responded to Trump's recent attacks, including his reposting of a false claim that she is not eligible to run for president because ...

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called out rival former President Trump for peddling a false claim about the New Hampshire GOP primary happening next week. Haley bucked the GOP front-runner’s argument on Truth Social Friday that Democrats would be able to vote in the state’s primary. “Another reason we need to move on from Trump:…

The 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan's western coast on January 1, 2024 triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high but a TikTok video of fishing boats battered by waves is unrelated to the disaster. The clip, which has racked up thousands of views alongside the false claim, has previously circulated in posts following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast in 2011.

Social media users have falsely linked a video showing divers experiencing an earthquake underwater to a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day in 2024, killing dozens of people. The clip was in fact taken in Indonesia in November 2023.

An old video showing exiled Bangladeshi opposition figure Tarique Rahman in a wheelchair has resurfaced online alongside false claims it shows him after being assaulted in London. But the journalist that took the clip told AFP it was in fact filmed in 2008 when Rahman arrived in the United Kingdom for medical treatment. A spokesperson for Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has also denied he was recently attacked.

The High Court has ruled that Prince Harry’s libel case against the Mail on Sunday must now go to trial

South Korean public broadcaster MBC has rejected suggestions it promoted a fundraising campaign for Hamas after the false claim emerged on social media as the Israel-Hamas war rages. The posts contain a purported screenshot of an MBC report, but the image actually bears no resemblance to genuine MBC broadcasts. The corporation dismissed the claim as "totally baseless", saying it has not organised or promoted any fundraisers related to the conflict.