MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/24/2025
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Twelve people killed after military clashes at border between Thailand and Cambodia | BBC News
At least 12 Thai nationals, most of whom are civilians, have been killed in clashes with Cambodian troops in a disputed border area between the two countries. While there have been sporadic clashes over the years, the latest tensions ramped up in May after a Cambodian soldier was killed inContinue Reading
Market Rundown: Tesla profits plunge with ‘rough’ times ahead
From Tesla shares plunging after one of its worst quarters in over a decade — to traders eyeing the ECB’s rate decision amid growing optimism over an EU-US trade deal, here’s what’s moving markets before Wall Street opens. #tesla #teslashares #elonmusk #ecb #interestrates #markets #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the storyContinue Reading
Escalating border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia turns deadly
Heightened tensions along the Thailand-Cambodia border forced residents to flee their homes and seek shelter on Thursday as deadly clashes erupted near disputed temple sites.Continue Reading
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Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading
Iceland Foods Fails Again To Claw Back It’s ‘Iceland’ EU Trademark
This saga of dumb began nearly a decade ago, in 2016, when a grocer named “Iceland Foods,” that was somehow granted an EU trademark for “Iceland,” began bullying other EU businesses using that word over supposed trademark infringement. Iceland, the country, caught wind of all of this when the companyContinue Reading
Why are data nerds racing to save US government statistics?
The data nerds are fighting back. After watching data sets be altered or disappear from U.S. government websites in unprecedented ways after President Traitor 47 began his second term, an army of outside statisticians, demographers and computer scientists have joined forces to capture, preserve and share data sets, sometimes clandestinely.Continue Reading
Michelle Agyemang in England spotlight before UEFA Euro 2025 final
Four years ago, Agyemang was a ball girl at Wembley. Now, the 19-year-old striker has guided England to the Euro final., Collapsing to the ground, hands covering her eyes, Michelle Agyemang was overcome by the occasion. In a moment when England desperately needed a lifeline, the 19-year-old, whose surname fittinglyContinue Reading
UK regulator seeks special status for Apple and Google that could mandate changes for Big Tech
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s antitrust watchdog has proposed labeling Google’s and Apple’s mobile ecosystems with “strategic market status,” which would mandate changes at the Big Tech companies to improve competition. The Competition and Markets Authority’s announcement Wednesday follows separate investigations it opened at the start of the year into Google’sContinue Reading
‘Shoot them’: Sheikh Hasina ordered firing on Bangladesh protesters in 2024
Evidence obtained by Al Jazeera reveals the former Bangladesh leader ordered police to use ‘lethal weapons’., Former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, “issued an open order” to “use lethal weapons” on students protesting against her government’s policies last year and shoot “wherever they find them”, her secret phone callContinue Reading
GitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source
GitHub (and thus its owner, Microsoft) is calling for a new EU tech fund to ensure critical open source software can be maintained. Its proposal, detailed in a report, stresses that our the economy relies on open source software (OSS) for digital infrastructure, but that maintenance ‘continues to be underfunded,Continue Reading
Climate change may be pushing fungal allergy season earlier
Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns may be lengthening fungal allergy season, which starts 3 weeks earlier than it did two decades ago., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Ugly Truth About ICE’s Abusive Detention Centers
On Monday, the Department of Defense announced that it had awarded the private company Acquisition Logistics a contract to build the largest immigrant detention facility in the United States—giving $1.26 billion, as Bloomberg reported this week, to a Virginia-based company that “doesn’t appear to have any experience with detention.” TheContinue Reading