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Jan 14, 2025 | dw.com | Tetyana Klug |Kathrin Wesolowski |Tetyana Klug Factchecker

01/14/2025January 14, 2025As wildfires continue to ravage California, social media is flooded with misinformation about their origins and impacts. DW investigates the most viral claims. https://p.dw.com/p/4p6xWIt has been nearly a week since the devastating wildfires began raging through southern California, killing at least 24 people and burning an area larger than San Francisco.

Jan 11, 2025 | dw.com | Kathrin Wesolowski |Tetyana Klug |Tetyana Klug Factchecker

During Thursday's live discussion between Elon Musk and Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in February's election, on the X (formerly Twitter)platform, both participants made many hard-to-verify claims, several of which DW's fact checkers have already looked into.

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.

Oct 17, 2024 | dw.com | Rayna Breuer |Tetyana Klug |Tetyana Klug Factchecker

On October 21, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will inaugurate a naval tactical headquarters on the Baltic Sea, intended as a boost to NATO defense readiness in the region. Germany has the largest NATO navy in the Baltic Sea and, according to the ministry, assumed a regional leadership role on October 1. The new Commander Task Force (CTF) Baltic headquarters will coordinate naval activities for all NATO allies on the Baltic Sea and maintain an overall picture of the maritime situation.

Jul 23, 2024 | dw.com | Monir Ghaedi |Björn Kietzmann |Tetyana Klug |Tetyana Klug Factchecker

With Venezuela's presidential elections set for July 28, the spotlight is on the escalating battle between President Nicolas Maduro and his main rival, opposition frontrunner Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, as well as eight other candidates. Maduro is seeking a third six-year term in a country known for having the world's largest oil reserves but also plagued by drug trafficking, money laundering, and corruption.