The News International - <![CDATA[Fact Check]]> The News International Pakistan's Leading English Language Newspaper. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:49:12 +0500 en-US <![CDATA[Facebook posts falsely tout grape seeds as proven cancer cure]]> ]]> <![CDATA[US President's suggestion to treat coronavirus with disinfectant could lead to deaths]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Myth circulates online that 'new' hantavirus disease has emerged in China]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Health experts dismiss false claim that COVID-19 fits a pattern of viral outbreaks every 100 years]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Pakistan's PM wears Sikh turban?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Sri Lanka election social media ban?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Misleading web posts add fuel to Bolivia crisis]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: HIV-infected needle attacks taking place in India?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Chinese official's wife shot dead during US trip? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Traffic light in Indonesia uses video mapping technology?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: A photo of the oldest tortoise in Africa?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Canadian elections 2019: 35 million ballots printed, not votes counted]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Eating a no-sugar diet does not cause cancer cells to 'die naturally']]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Real photo of India's Golden Temple? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: NASA claims changes in Earth solar orbit is causing climate change? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Woman visited by Holy Spirit saves passengers on plane from disaster? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: A flooded classroom in Kenya, Ghana or Cameroon?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Italian journalist gives dog food to US Secretary of State?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: 'American rioters' burn subway train? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Video of electric buses on fire in mainland China?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: the Great Barrier Reef 'officially announced dead' in September 2019?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: No, flu shots do not make people contagious ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Video shows storm hitting Japan in 2019?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Hong Kong pro-democracy slogan projected onto skyscraper?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Zimbabwe's embassy evicted from rental London offices? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Video shows Typhoon Hagibis hitting Japanese island?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Photo of Wall Street protesters beaten by US police?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Video shows fight at shipyard in Singapore? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Has Lake Chad shrunk as Nigeria's president claimed?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: South African photos used in misleading posts about Kenya's polka-dot foal]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: 'Rioters' sheltering in a Hong Kong church?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Indonesian domestic helper arrested at Hong Kong protest?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: 'Foreign commanders' spotted directing Hong Kong protests? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Did a Nigerian man bury his father in a BMW?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Is this widely-shared ranking of the 'world's most dangerous cities' accurate? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Magazine cover shows Greta Thunberg topped 'highest-paid' activist list]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Politician thrown in a river for failing to deliver election promise?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Video shows oil refinery blast in Saudi Arabia?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Photo of Greta Thunberg and George Soros?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Hong Kong school makes students dress as pro-democracy protesters? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Melting icebergs do not affect world sea levels?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Pro-democracy protesters set fire to Hong Kong shopping mall? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Canada's Liberals plan capital gains tax on home sales? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Hong Kong protesters target rail line where train derailed?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Video of Metallica performing Indonesia's national anthem?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Police raid in Indian occupied Kashmir? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Hidden Chinese military base found in the Philippines? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Hong Kong activist seeks protection from foreign armies?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Two Muslim teachers fired for refusing to remove a hijab? ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Fact-check: Can non-citizens vote in Canadian federal elections?]]> ]]>