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Moscow appears to have pivoted to using land routes in occupied eastern Ukraine to supply troops for its army, rather than continuing to use the Crimean Bridge, according to new satellite images. Captured by US space tech company Maxar and analysed by Ukrainian intelligence agency Molfar, the images show that the bridge has very little traffic and may no longer be an effective target for Ukrainian forces since its last attack there in July 2023. The pictures, shared with The Cube, suggest that no freight trains carrying military equipment used the crossing between February and April 2024. A si...
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With the European elections just around the corner, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently gave a speech launching the manifesto of his right-wing populist party Fidesz. The speech is full of claims that Fidesz has significantly improved Hungary’s economy and prevented the country from being dragged into Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Cube took a look at some of the biggest claims to see if they were true. Claim: Fidesz put Hungary's economy back on its feet after it was bankrupted by the leftThis isn’t true: Hungary didn’t go bankrupt in 2009, the final year of former Prime Minister Fer...
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The iconic V-finger sign, commonly used to represent peace, is often a go-to gesture when people pose for pictures. However, a video being shared widely on WhatsApp and other social media networks warns people against using it. The clip claims fraudsters can use the images to take high-quality copies of their fingerprints, which they then use to hack into their phones and accounts to steal their money and data. But how well-founded are the claims? Simply put, it's technically possible but very unlikely in practice. Hackers could in theory extract copies of our fingerprints from the selfies we ...
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A video has been circulating on social media falsely claiming to show a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, ordering Germany to withdraw its support for Israel. But not only are proceedings ongoing, the person in the video isn’t even a judge. In early March, Nicaragua filed a case against Germany at the International Court of Justice, alleging that Berlin is complicit in genocide in Gaza through its political and financial support of Israel. Germany has vehemently denied the allegations. Why is Nicaragua taking Germany to court for ‘facilitating genocid...
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Many have called 2024 the ‘year of elections’ - and for good reason: at least 64 countries are heading or have already headed to the polls this year. This includes the US - which will hold a presidential election in November - and more likely than not the UK - which is required to have a general election before the end of January 2025. The same goes for the European Union. Parties from across the political spectrum will be out in full force to claim as many seats as possible in the European Parliament election in June. With such important polls being held this year on the continent and beyond,...
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Social media users have been claiming that the World Economic Forum (WEF) executive chairman and founder, Klaus Schwab, was recently admitted to hospital in a serious condition. A large number of posts on X spreading the rumours have been seen and shared thousands of times. Some of them link his supposed condition to a cardiac incident after running, while others even go as far as claiming he may be dead. None of these claims is true. It seems like the allegations stemmed from satirical articles, such as this one from the website Weekly Crier. It doesn’t provide any details about Schwab’s supp...
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The EU’s incoming digital identity wallet has sparked claims on social media and by politicians that Brussels intends to strip away citizens’ privacy and exert control over their lives. The wallet, which is still in the pipeline, is an app that will let users store key information like official ID and bank details in a single, secure place. It will allow citizens, residents and businesses to prove their identity to access public and private services across Europe. The European Commission states that the wallet will provide a simple and safe way to control how much information people wish to sh...
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A misleading video is circulating online, allegedly showing a barrage of Iranian strikes on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv earlier in April, which has supposedly gone up in flames. But not everything is as it seems. The video is usually accompanied by some sort of caption describing intense missile strikes that have caused widespread destruction. "The fires of hell are burning", one such post says. It was shared in this context just after Israel attacked the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria on 1 April, killing various Iranian officials. The story was even promoted on X’s main feed with the hea...
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No, smoking will not keep you thin. A recent study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen has debunked the oft-cited myth that smoking will help you to keep off the pounds. Instead, the study, which looked at one and a half million Europeans who smoked, found that smoking actually increases belly fat. No, Ursula von der Leyen’s grandfather was not an SS generalMost adults in England wrongly think vaping is worse or as bad as smoking - studyWas the captain of the ship that hit the Baltimore bridge Ukrainian?It’s quite well-documented that when people stop smoking, their bodies start bur...
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A container ship named Dali lost propulsion and crashed into a pillar of Batimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge on March 26th – killing at least six people. Very quickly, social media users started blaming everyone and anyone for the incident – from the liberals to Israel to Ukraine. One such example that has gone viral is that Kyiv is behind the following allegations the captain of the ship is of Ukrainian nationality. "The captain of the ship that rammed down the bridge in Baltimore was a citizen of Ukraine," tweeted multiple users. "Ukrainian is taking credit for the act and saying Europe is n...
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