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The World Health Org...: The World Health Organisation has declared the Covid-19 pandemic over. Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the Covid-19 pandemic is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)—the highest possible level of alarm that mandates countries to act under international health regulations. The WHO said the a (Source: Full Fact)

True: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." Withholding from professional athletes total in the millions every year.  In 2022, withholding from MLB teams alone totaled about $12.4 millionIn 2022, taxes from visiting pro athletes in baseball, basketball and football topped $50 million. (Source: PolitiFact)

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Falscher Kontext: Ein Video zeige, wie das Raketenabwehrsystem „Iron Dome“ aktuelle Angriffe auf Israel abwehre. Am 10. Mai kursierteein Videoauf Twitter, das mehrere Explosionen über einer Stadt zeigt. In einigen englischsprachigen Beiträgen wird behauptet, das Video sei aktuell aus Israel. Aus Palästina flogenim MaiHunderte Raketen in Richtung Israel, nachdem Israel mehrere Stellungen in  (Source: Correctiv)