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Zeng Yixin
Deputy director of China's National Health Commission
“[Th]e [Wuhan Institute of Virology] has no man-made viruses and has never conducted gain-of-function researches.”
Read more...Call it what you want, but coronaviruses were modified at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in experimental research. -
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Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria
“The constitution is a priority that cannot be a subject for negotiations nor bargaining, because it is the homeland’s title and the people’s decision.”
Read more...Rather than give the Syrian people a voice, Assad has been gumming up United Nations-backed talks to write a new constitution and form a post-war government. -
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Bharati Pravin Pawar
India’s health minister
“No deaths due to lack of oxygen had been specifically reported by the states/Uts [union territories].”
Read more...Press and hospital reports have blamed oxygen shortages for unnecessary COVID-19 deaths in India, where the pandemic response has been chaotic. -
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Andrei Savinykh
Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs, Belarus House of Representatives
“Accusing Belarus of organizing migrant smuggling into Lithuania is a vivid example of political slander and unfounded allegations.”
Read more...Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said earlier that he would open the gates to the EU for migrants. -
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
"China firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyberattacks. It will never encourage, support or condone cyberattacks.”
Read more...Beijing denies role hacks, but analysts regularly see a Chinese state hand in cyberattacks -
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Florian Philippot
Far-right French politician
“Vaccinated people represent 4% of positive cases in France
But 47% in the UK. And 50% in Israel. It's statistically impossible!”Read more...The World Health Organization says it’s too early for reliable statistics on post-vaccination infections. Philippot is distorting the numbers. -
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Suhail Shaheen
Official Taliban spokesman
“A report of CNN claiming that the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate have killed enemy’s commando soldiers after surrendering is not true. A fake scene has been montaged with another scene of 22 commandos who had been killed during fighting in Faryab province.”
Read more...There is no evidence of a deceptive editing in the video, and witnesses told CNN the surrender and executions happened. -
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
“China has stated its position on Xinjiang-related issues on many occasions. The accusation of ‘forced labor’ is a sheer lie.”
Read more...Despite many roadblocks to verification, there is mounting evidenced of forced labor
