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By Shrey Banerjee A montage of several videos showing the Beirut Port explosion of 2020 has surfaced with false claims that it shows Russian missiles hitting British cargo ships, triggering an explosion in Ukraine. BOOM found that the viral video shows multiple visuals captured during a port explosion that happened on August 4, 2020, in the city of Beirut, Lebanon and claimed more than 200 lives, triggering a nationwide emergency and shock. In the viral video, multiple explosions of a similar looking skyrise can be seen near the sea. Some footages can be seen as captured from a jet ski while s...
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By Hazel Gandhi A morphed video showing an anti-Ukraine slogan which reads 'No Zelensky, No War' is being shared as a real advertising hoarding put up on 5th avenue, New York. BOOM found that the video is edited and the original version shows a woman on the hoarding. The 8-second clip is being shared with the caption, "So apparently some Americans are fed up with the bullshit warmongering rhetoric coming from Washington. 'No Zelensky, No War' (Advertising banner in New York)" Clickhere to view the tweet and here for an archive. The clip is also circulating on Facebook. Click here to view the p...
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By The Conversation Robert Horvath, La Trobe University and Isabella Currie, La Trobe UniversityNever during the 23 years of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule has he faced the kind of challenge posed by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s insurrection over the weekend. The gravity of the crisis was underlined by Putin’s televised address on Saturday. He likened the insurgent’s “criminal adventure” to the catastrophe of 1917, when “intrigues, squabbles and politicking” on the home front triggered a military collapse, revolution and civil war. In an obvious reference to Prigozhin, Putin claim...
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By BOOM Team Political upheavals in the backdrop of extreme climate events. That is what the year 2022 looked like. There were heat waves, floods, cyclones, and erratic rainfall patterns, and then there were countries, like the United Kingdom and Pakistan, tackling political instability. Russia's military action on Ukraine in February was among the first major international news that broke in 2022. There were apprehensions of nuclear war as well and tensions flared further when fighting reached Chernobyl's nuclear accident sight, fanning fears of radiation leakage from the sealed sight. In the...
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By BOOM Team A suspected Russian-made missile hit a village in eastern Poland on Tuesday, killing two people. The missile attack in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has fanned fears of a further escalation. AFP quoted Warsaw saying that the missile attack had killed two in the village of Przewodow. However, there was no "conclusive evidence" on where the missile originated from. The missile attack has sparked condemnations from world leaders, while many of who have gathered in Indonesia's Bali for the G20 summit. Here is all you need to know about the latest escalation in the on...
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