Stories
PolitiFact
Ukraine
- How “War on Fakes” uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda, 2022
- Misleading images of Chernobyl plant undercut real reasons for concern, 2022
- Google Maps did not change blurring settings to reveal secret Russian military facilities, 2022
- There is no evidence that Putin invaded Ukraine to fight child trafficking, 2022
- Video shared on Facebook does not show Ukraine being struck by a nuclear bomb, 2023
Conspiracies
- No, there is no "Kalergi plan" to replace Europeans with migrants, 2022
- The Great Reset is not a conspiracy to force changes in economic systems, 2022
- “Hollow Earth” conspiracy theory: Scientists are sure the Earth is not hollow, 2022
Pandemic
- No, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine does not contain "wireless nanosensors", 2021
- Chemist was not killed by "government operatives" after revealing "secret" about vaccine, 2021
- No, the virus that causes COVID-19 is not a patented bioweapon, 2021
- A false anecdote about Stalin and a chicken circulates again—adapted for the pandemic, 2021
Ruben
- Sadly, the queen did not knight Ruben, the influencer cat from Exeter, 2022
Quartz
Terrorism
- New data shows terror attacks are becoming less frequent and deadly, 2018
- Terror attacks in the Middle East and North Africa fell by almost 40%, 2018
- Terrorism is surging in the US, fueled by right-wing ideologies, 2018
United States
- Amazon’s best-selling books about “Russian Politics” are mostly about Donald Trump, 2018
- Trump actually considered invading Venezuela last year, 2018
- The US will welcome just 30,000 refugees next year, the lowest in decades, 2018
- Italy is evicting Steve Bannon from the monastery he planned to turn into a far-right academy, 2019
- Roger Stone’s indictment hints at the origin of the #HillaryHealth conspiracy theories, 2019
Italy
- Italian delivery workers want people to stop ordering stuff they don’t need, 2020
- Under lockdown, Italy debates if physical newspapers are essential, 2020
- Italy convinced people to stay home. Now it needs to help them cope, 2020
- Italy’s bookstores are figuring out how to reopen a business after a lockdown, 2020
Europe
- Hundreds of Europeans are driving to Hungary to offer rides to stranded migrants, 2015
- Even the Russians don’t seem interested in the European elections, 2019
- A boat captain is facing 20 years in prison for rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, 2019
- The UN’s latest report on refugees has one tiny bit of good news, 2019
Brazil
- Polls show Brazilians are leaning toward a Trump of their own, 2018
- Brazil’s elections are getting violent, 2018
- Bolsonaro is questioning Brazil’s voting machines—especially if he loses, 2018
- Brazil’s biggest gunmaker crashed after the country elected a radical pro-gun president, 2018
Latin America
- The Americas’ oldest armed conflict just ended—what now? 2016
- Since April, more than 300 people have died protesting in Nicaragua, 2018
- A drug cartel in Colombia is offering a bounty of $7,000 for a cocaine-sniffing dog, 2018
- With 1,000,000% inflation, Venezuela is slashing five zeroes from its currency, 2018
Other outlets
CNN
- How Brazil's fear of losing the Amazon guides Bolsonaro's policies, 2021
- Why did thousands of Brazilian politicians change their race? 2021
Wired
- Blurry satellite images of Palestine and Israel make rebuilding harder, 2021
Fortune
- A holy war erupts over access to Italy’s sacred beaches, 2021