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Published on 27/01/2020

Hoax circulates online that applying Vaseline to your nostrils will protect against air pollutants

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Covid-19
Published on 24/01/2020

The coronavirus plaguing China was not created by a US government agency

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Published on 24/01/2020

No such title has been bestowed on Kizza Besigye by Guinness World Records

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Published on 24/01/2020

Saline solution kills China coronavirus? Experts refute online rumour

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Published on 23/01/2020

Top US Democrat Pelosi did not raid Social Security to fund impeachment

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Published on 23/01/2020

Not so, says Examination Council of Zambia, which plans to release the outstanding results in the first week of February

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Published on 23/01/2020

This is a 2015 Reuters photo of traffic in Beijing

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Published on 23/01/2020

Australian bushfires: government refutes misleading claims on social media that orphaned joeys will be euthanised

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Published on 22/01/2020

The photo on the left was taken during the 2015 Calbuco volcano eruption in Chile

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Published on 22/01/2020

This photo has circulated in reports about a young Indian pilot in 2017 -- NASA has not selected any astronauts for a mission to Mars

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Published on 21/01/2020

No, these photos show animals being rescued following volcanic eruptions in Guatemala in 2018 and Chile in 2015

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Published on 21/01/2020

This photo shows koalas at an Australian zoo in July 2019 -- they were not rescued from bushfires

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Published on 20/01/2020

This video shows protesters attacking a joint Turkish-Russian patrol in northern Syria

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Published on 20/01/2020

No, the Department of Justice has not cleared US President Donald Trump of pending impeachment charges

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Published on 20/01/2020

These photos have circulated in reports of typhoons and earthquakes in the Philippines since at least 2015

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Published on 20/01/2020

Australian bushfires: animals that take refuge in wombat burrows usually uninvited, experts say

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Published on 17/01/2020

This video shows a scene from a Pakistani movie released in 2018

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Published on 17/01/2020

The Philippines did not issue its highest alert for the Taal volcano – and this photo does not show an imminent tsunami threat

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Published on 17/01/2020

This photo was taken following a volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 2016

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Published on 16/01/2020

This image was doctored – Australian officials say the bushfire was caused by lightning, not arson

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Published on 16/01/2020

This photograph actually shows a Pokemon GO event in Taiwan

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Published on 16/01/2020

Australian bushfires: disinformation spreads about Greens party policy on backburning

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Published on 16/01/2020

Speculation Canada agreed to cover royal couple’s security bill is false, government sources say

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Published on 15/01/2020

These photos have circulated in reports of fires in the US, Indonesia and Australia since at least 2003

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Published on 15/01/2020

This photo shows the Anak Krakatau volcano erupting in Indonesia in 2009

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Published on 15/01/2020

No, Japanese children are not healthier because vaccines are not mandatory in their country

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Published on 14/01/2020

Police figures show far fewer people in Australia have been charged with bushfire arson

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Published on 14/01/2020

No, this photo shows the Santiaguito volcano erupting in Guatemala in 2009

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