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The viral image is a screenshot of a comedy video created by a popular influencer Wang Zhixin whose Douyin channel has more than 10.4 million followers.
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A five-year-old photo of an ambulance donation from China to Ukraine was used in recent online posts with a claim that the vehicles were given this year in January. But Annie Lab found no record of such donation by Beijing to Kyiv since the war in Ukraine began a year ago.
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Self-proclaimed advocate for the independence of Guangdong province staged a protest in the U.S.
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The “statement” shared on Chinese social media is not official. It originates from a Japanese tweet that simply expressed the user’s view on the incident.
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Annie Lab obtained the videos of original broadcast and can confirm the two anchors were not smiling. The doctored images were created by a photo editing app for mobile devices called FaceApp.
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Experts say it is possible for water to remain inside a container in space because of surface tension. It is also possible to fill a container with water in a space station.
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The image was uploaded on a photo-sharing platform in 2019. The blogger refuted the rumor on her social media account.
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The 2013 article has nothing to do with the current COVID-19 pandemic. The study mentioned in the story does not conclude coronaviruses can be human-made.
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Multiple social media posts imply Swedish climate activist Thunberg has gained weight. However, they are digitally manipulated. Her face appears much smaller in the original photos.
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Peer-reviewed studies on ivermectin and the expert interviewed by Annie Lab indicate such claims have no scientific ground.
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