🇺🇸 The US Constitution grants Congress the power to set the timing of presidential elections. President Joe Biden cannot suspend the polls in the event of an emergency, despite claims that he gave himself this ability u.afp.com/5PeX

🇺🇸 Prominent Republican politicians are promoting disinformation about non-citizens voting in the US presidential election, tapping into concerns over illegal immigration at the southern border u.afp.com/5Pe7

Did Nigeria's Lagos state raise the minimum wage?

No, Tony3! found the claim is misleading. The state only instituted a temporary extra 'wage' in January for all civil servants. Negotiations to raise the minimum salary are ongoing.

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Does this video show police raiding a Nigerian 'baby farm' in 2024?

No, Mary Kulundu found the claim is misleading. The footage is more than a decade old.

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South Korea's election commission has rejected figures shared online as evidence of voter fraud

The figures, which purport to show that 95 percent of overseas voters backed the opposition party in April's crucial polls, are not based on official data

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Posts touting advice from Honduran herbalist 'Dr Sebi' can be found across social media, but experts say promoting an alkaline diet for cancer treatment is not backed by scientific evidence u.afp.com/5PM8

The New York Post confirmed this headline is fabricated -- and Congress is not considering a bill that would make it illegal to question the events surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks u.afp.com/5PM6

🇺🇸 Joe Biden won the US state of Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. Maricopa County did not count mail-in ballots that arrived after the deadline, contrary to posts circulating on social media u.afp.com/5PM5

A US college student claims Arctic sea ice is higher today than 35 years ago.

This is misleading -- experts say the post cherry-picks data that are not representative of long-term trends showing sea ice extent in decline u.afp.com/5PgB

Pro-Israel accounts and outlets including Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post claimed today that a video showed Robert De Niro confronting pro-Palestinian protesters in NYC, shouting about Oct 7.

In fact, he was rehearsing a scene for a upcoming Netflix show.

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❌ This supposed TIME cover is altered -- the version the magazine published shows more of the letter 'M' behind former US president Donald Trump's head u.afp.com/5PTQ

❗ Don't fall for manipulated videos

A video of a Pakistani politician from PM Shehbaz Sharif's party was edited to make it look like he was praising opposition leader Imran Khan

The clip was altered from a speech in which he in fact criticised Khan

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A Dubai-based digital artist said he created an image of people climbing the Burj Khalifa

The dramatic picture circulated in Facebook posts portraying it as a real photo as heavy flooding lashed the United Arab Emirates

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Nutritionists say milk can be consumed at any time of day, contrary to a Facebook video with 1.4 mn views urging consumers to avoid drinking it in morning

The video also falsely claimed drinking milk could lead to arthritis and heart disease

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Footage of parcels for Gaza showed they contained food, contrary to Facebook posts that accused charities of sending cigarettes to the war-torn territory

The baseless claim appears to push a conspiracy theory accusing Palestinians of being 'crisis actors' u.afp.com/GazaCigarettes

🇺🇸 Joe Biden did not face hecklers as he stopped at a Sheetz convenience store in the US state of Pennsylvania.

The audio added to the clip comes from the president's visit to fire-ravaged Hawaii last year u.afp.com/5P3Y

🇨🇦 An international student in the Canadian province of Ontario has been targeted by false claims that he was fired from a high-paying job after using a food bank u.afp.com/5P3e

This image, purporting to show an Israeli flag among Nazi and Confederate flags, is spreading as protests have swept college campuses.

It is altered. Anthony Crider took the original, featuring no Israeli flag, at the far-right Charlottesville rally in 2017.

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Does this video show clashes in Zimbabwe over a new gold-backed currency?

No, AFP Fact Check 🔎 found the video is from 2019 and shows authorities beating supporters at a campaign rally.

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💉 Public health authorities say there is no evidence Covid-19 vaccines are behind an uptick in cancer.

Websites claiming otherwise rely on what one expert said is a 'completely unscientific' interpretation of US data u.afp.com/5dya