June 17, 2026 Despite his party’s defeat in Malta’s May 31 election, Nationalist Party (PN) supporters have pointed to the strong showing by party leader Alex Borg, arguing that his own personal performance has outshone those who came before him. Malta’s single transferable vote system requires voters to vote for individual candidates on their district’s […]
June 17, 2026 A controversial claim that Malta borrowed €1billion in the month before the general election was announced, made by PN leader Alex Borg, turned out not to be correct, through no fault of his own. Borg made the claim at a party rally just days ahead of the vote, on May 27, pointing
June 16, 2026 The Nationalist Party (PN) has pledged to reach a target of 30% renewable energy by 2030 if elected to government, not 50% as widely claimed. The confusion arose after a chatbot developed by the party to explain its electoral manifesto flagged the “conflicting targets” within the manifesto. In its section on clean
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June 16, 2026 A Labour Party electoral pledge to slash corporate tax rates to 25% will only apply to a company’s retained profits, not to all income, as initially understood. On Monday May 4, Prime Minister Robert Abela and Finance Minister Clyde Caruana unveiled a pledge to cut corporate tax for companies with an annual
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Social media is filled with posts warning that blending bananas into smoothies with berries will negate the drinks’ nutritional benefits. But those claims are based on a small study that looked at the uptake of just one heart-healthy compound found in berries. Experts continue to recommend smoothies as a way to increase fruit consumption among Americans.
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June 3, 2026 Videos of an explosion posted by pro-Iranian accounts on X, supposedly showing a US missile strike on army bases in Kuwait, are of an explosion in Malta on Monday June 1, 2026. The videos show a spectacular series of explosions resulting in a large plume of black smoke rising into the air.
Recent adjustments to the most extreme scenarios included in key UN climate reports are being misrepresented across social media, including by US President Donald Trump. These updates do not discredit the strong concensus in climate research showing human emissions are behind major environmental shifts and the changes were recommended by independent experts to reflect renewable energy implementation.
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May 21, 2026 A Wall Street banker’s explosive sexual harassment lawsuit against a female executive has triggered a torrent of salacious falsehoods muddying the waters — with AI-created deepfakes and memes fueling the frenzy. The social media storm erupted soon after the suit — packed with allegations of sexual abuse, coercion, and racial harassment —
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Political troll pages have turned to AI-generated images and videos as the election campaign moves online
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Social media users are misrepresenting Fox News coverage to support baseless allegations that US President Donald Trump staged the assassination attempt that disrupted a press gala in Washington on April 25, 2026. A purported Fox Business Network graphic saying 70 percent of Americans believe the gunfire was orchestrated is an altered fake, and online claims that Fox News cut off a correspondent on air because she was revealing a pre-planned plot have been refuted by both the network and the journalist.
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