Fact & Spin

Trump signs a funding bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, Thailand’s king makes a state visit to China, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's party wins the parliamentary elections, Trump requests a full pardon for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Global carbon emissions are estimated to hit a record high of 38.1 billion tonnes this year, Boeing is ordered to pay $35.8 million in the first civil trial verdi...

Istanbul’s mayor faces 2,430 years in prison on 142 charges, House Democrats release Jeffrey Epstein emails reportedly linked to President Trump, Australia spy chief says China’s cyber soldiers could inflict “high-impact sabotage,” an ally of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is charged in a $100M corruption scandal, Indigenous protesters breach the COP30 summit venue in Brazil, the U.K.’s Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, denies a lead...

A report suggests that a de facto partition of Gaza is increasingly likely, Thailand suspends a Trump administration-brokered Cambodia peace deal, Hannibal Gaddafi is released on a $900,000 bail, China is reportedly targeting the U.S. military with rare Earth export curbs, A new “TRUMP” party launches in Belgium, Senator Elizabeth Warren seeks a probe of U.S. agencies' partisan shutdown messages, SoftBank sells its entire Nvidia st...

Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion over an edited speech, The U.S. Senate votes to end a record 40-day government shutdown, Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is released from prison pending appeal, Syrian President al-Sharaa meets Trump in a historic visit, Israel’s president begins a landmark African tour, The RSF is accused of burning and burying bodies from El Fasher in mass graves, An Ecuador prison riot...

Kazakhstan plans to join the Abraham Accords, Sudan's RSF agrees to a humanitarian ceasefire, Ukraine sentences a Russian soldier for allegedly executing a Ukrainian POW, President Trump agrees to comply after a judge’s order on SNAP benefits, The U.S. Senate reje cts a resolution requiring approval for military action against Venezuela, Unions sue over Trump's federal hiring questions, Resident doctors in the U.K. reject a pay off...

Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement from Congress, The U.S. reportedly plans to establish a military presence at a Damascus airbase, Putin instructs officials to submit proposals for possible nuclear weapons testing, India and Israel sign a pact on defense, AI and cybersecurity, Dozens are killed in an attack on a funeral in Sudan, The U.N. kicks off its COP30 climate summit in Belém, Trump withdraws from the upcoming G20 Summit,...

Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, China expresses support for Nigeria following President Trump’s military threats, multiple people are injured after a man drives into pedestrians on a French island, Mark Carney unveils a CA$280 billion budget, the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the legality of Trump’s emergency tariffs, Democrats win the governor races in Virginia and New Jersey, a UPS cargo plane crashes in Louisville ...

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney dies, Americans across several states head to the polls for off-year elections, the U.S. reportedly seeks U.N. approval of a Gaza force, Ghana and Germany vow to strengthen their bilateral ties, British activist Tommy Robinson is cleared of a terror charge, Trump contradicts a court order on paying SNAP benefits, a new study details a record retreat of an Antarctic glacier, Australia launches ...

A deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, A man is charged with 11 attempted murders in a U.K. train attack, Iran vows to rebuild its nuclear sites, A Mexican mayor is shot and killed during the Day of the Dead festival, The BBC claims China threatened a U.K. university over Uyghur research, President Trump instructs the Pentagon to prepare for “possible action” in Nigeria, Trump's planned nuclear tests will reportedly...

A judge orders the Trump administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits, Protests escalate following Tanzania’s election, Ukraine claims that Russia used a missile that led President Trump to quit the INF treaty, Latvia votes to exit the Istanbul Convention, A Finnish Member of Parliament and a Bishop face hate speech charges, Victoria passes Australia's first Indigenous Treaty law, The FBI arrests five in Michigan over an...

Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting with Xi Jinping, vote projections show the Netherlands’ D66 and PVV parties tied in the general election, hundreds are killed at a Sudanese hospital following the Rapid Support Forces’ capture of El Fasher, Trump orders the resumption of nuclear weapons testing, Lebanon’s Joseph Aoun says the army should confront Israeli incursions, a British military instructor accused of spying for Russia...

Deadly Hurricane Melissa makes a new landfall in Cuba amid major damage across Jamaica and Haiti, the Republic of Georgia's ruling party seeks to ban three opposition parties, Israeli strikes in Gaza kill over 100 Palestinians, President Trump says the U.S. and South Korea have sealed a $350B trade deal, the U.S. urges Americans to leave Mali amid jihadist blockades, the U.K. Home Office says the Epping sex offender has been deport...

Israel launches strikes in Gaza, U.S. military strikes on four alleged drug boats leave 14 dead, Dozens are killed during a drug raid in Brazil, The U.S. and Japan sign a rare earths deal, A suspect pleads guilty to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump says he'd 'love' to run for a third term, Musk launches his Wikipedia rival Grokipedia, The U.N.’s chief war ns that surpassing the 1.5°C climate lim...

President Javier Milei's party wins Argentina's midterm elections, The Caribbean braces for the impacts of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, President Donald Trump meets Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, The PKK announces its withdrawal from Turkey to Iraq, Four are killed as Cameroon protests intensify ahead of the election results, Prince Andrew agrees to leave the Royal Lodge with conditions, Two U.S. Navy aircraft crash in the Sou...

President Trump ends Canada trade talks over a Ronald Reagan ad controversy, South Africa and Vietnam upgrade to a strategic partnership, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy attends a London “Coalition of the Willing” meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says Israel has met its commitments and Hamas must disarm, the U.S. deploys the world's largest aircraft carrier as pressure increases on Venezuela, the U.S. Coast Guard shoots at a U-...

The US sanctions Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, The International Court of Justice orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza, U.S. strikes on alleged drug vessels off Colombia's Pacific coast leave five dead, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda hold their third peace meeting, New York City mayoral candidates clash in their final debate, The NBA's Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier are among more than 30 people arrested in...

Israel’s Knesset passes a West Bank annexation bill in a preliminary vote, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa kicks off a Southeast Asia tour in Indonesia, an appeals court in Colombia overturns former president Uribe's conviction, President Trump says he didn't want a “wasted meeting” after talks with Vladimir Putin are “on hold", six are arrested in Dublin after an anti-immigration protest, Canada’s upcoming budget could potentially ...

J.D. Vance arrives in Israel to oversee the Gaza ceasefire, Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, A report identifies members of an “interagency weaponization working group” within the Trump administration, Ecuador releases a man who survived a U.S. strike on an alleged drug-carrying submersible, Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy begins his five-year prison sentence, The U.K.’s Met Police ends its non-cr...

The U.S. and Australia sign a $3B critical minerals deal, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, The EU approves a Russian gas phase-out by 2028, Rodrigo Paz wins the Bolivian presidential election, Japan’s Sanae Takaichi secures a coalition deal, A report says Marco Rubio traded MS-13 informants for prison access in El Salvador, Thieves steal the French crown jewels from the Louvre, A major inte...