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1 month ago | 
dw.com | Stephanie Burnett |Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
03/19/2025March 19, 2025Many sports federations now exclude transgender women from participating in female competitions. These steps are hotly debated in the sports world. https://p.dw.com/p/3xoN2The debate about transgender women athletes in competitive sports has been going on for years. In the United States, President Donald Trump recently signed a decree banning trans women athletes from women's sports nationally. Many federations have tightened their participation rules.
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1 month ago | 
dw.com | Stephanie Burnett |Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
03/19/2025March 19, 2025Many sports federations now have more exclusions for the women's category to limit the participation of transgender athletes. The question of what is fair and what is not is a hot topic in the sports world. https://p.dw.com/p/3xoN2The debate about transgender women athletes in competitive sports has been going on for years. In the United States, President Donald Trump recently signed a decree banning trans women athletes from women's sports nationally.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Tetyana Klug |Ines Eisele Fact-checker |Tetyana Klug Factchecker
12/11/2024December 11, 2024According to the Kremlin, Syria's ousted ruler Bashar Assad is now in Russia. However, no current pictures or videos exist to prove this claim — and this lack of evidence has fueled speculation about his fate. https://p.dw.com/p/4nyYAWhen rebel groups took control of Syria last week, the whereabouts of Syria's ousted ruler Bashar Assad were unclear for days. Rumors about the possible escape and the probable whereabouts of Assad and his family quickly multiplied.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
The latest report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is damning: one in six children is growing up in a war or conflict zone and are in acute mortal danger due to shelling, hunger and disease, and "levels of violence against children worldwide are at an all-time high."In 2023, the United Nations verified a record 32,990 grave violations against 22,557 children in 26 conflict zones — and that is just the tip of the iceberg. What rights protect children in times of war?
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
12/04/2024December 4, 2024For a week, tens of thousands in Georgia have protested the Moscow-aligned government's suspension of EU talks. DW examines the growing unrest and its implications for the country. https://p.dw.com/p/4nkiDEvery evening since November 28, 2024, has seen massive protests in Georgia. Citizens are enraged by the new government's plan to pause EU accession talks.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
12/04/2024December 4, 2024For the past week, tens of thousands of Georgians have been protesting against the country's newly elected Moscow-friendly government and there's end in sight. DW takes a closer look at the situation. https://p.dw.com/p/4nkiDEvery evening since November 28, 2024, has seen massive protests in Georgia. Citizens are enraged by the new government's plan to pause EU accession talks.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Sarah Steffen |Alima Hotakie |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
12/03/2024December 3, 2024Heavy shelling hitting rebel positions, rebels capturing Russian military jets, a seized airport: As fighting in Syria rages on, DW's Fact Check team looks at viral claims in the current burst of attacks. https://p.dw.com/p/4ngPZSocial media has seen a surge of posts in the aftermath of the surprise offensive against the government forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS. DW Fact Check analyzed the most viral ones.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
A German politician's comments about migrants on social media platform X, made after an Afghan national committed a violent crime in a small German town, led to a court-issued fine. The court's actions received criticism online, which caught the attention of billionaire and X owner Elon Musk. The original postfrom November 14, which was shared by Musk on X, was viewed more than 20 million times by the time this article was completed. The repost by Musk garnered almost as many views.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
11/08/2024November 8, 2024Earlier this year, the creators of Project 2025 spoke of a "second American Revolution," while Donald Trump claimed ignorance. Will he now implement the ideas in this sweeping manifesto in his second term as president? https://p.dw.com/p/4iFiBEven before he's inaugurated in January, President-elect Donald Trump can begin implementing a hard-right conservative plan for government and set the stage for his second presidency.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ines Eisele |Ines Eisele Fact-checker
10/06/2024October 6, 2024Gisele Pelicot's mass rape trial in France and other equally harrowing sexual violence cases have sparked outrage around the world. So what's being done to prevent such gender-based violence? https://p.dw.com/p/4lRSYGender-based violence, defined as violence directed against a person because of their biological or social gender, is omnipresent.
