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☆ Fact Check-Video shows 2022 floods in Venezuela, not Chile in August 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A widely-shared video of a car and a tree being washed away during floods was shot in Maracay, Venezuela in 2022 not – as many are wrongly saying online - in Santiago, Chile in 2023. Two people died and thousands have been evacuated or left homeless after rains caused flooding in central-southern Chile, Reuters reported on Aug. 21, 2023 (here). Examples of posts wrongly describing the 2022 Venezuela video as a scene from Chile can be seen on Facebook (here) and on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here) (here). A building with the words “Walio Supermercado” (ibb.co/qd4rkgV) can be seen in the background in a longer version of the clip (imgur.com/gallery/yNNfEyf). Video shows floods in Venezuela in October 2022, not Chile in August 2023.

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☆ Spring training roundup: Jake Woodford, Cards shut out Marlins
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Mar 20, 2023; Jupiter, Florida, USA; St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Jake Woodford (44) throws a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the first inning at Roger Dean Stadium. On Sunday, he hit a two-run homer in the Cardinals' 8-7 victory over the New York Mets. His counterpart, Daniel Castano, also pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits, one walk and striking out four Cardinals to lower his spring ERA to 0.71. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 0Starter Kevin Gausman threw five shutout innings with six strikeouts and Devonte Brown hit a three-run homer to help visiting Toronto shut out Detroit in Lakeland, Fla. He has 11 hits -- including four home runs -- in 31 at-bats this spring for a .355 average.

☆ Pablo Escobar was gunned down 29 years ago today — here are 3 theories about who took the Medellin kingpin's life
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

By 1993, Colombian authorities, the US government, and rival criminals were all after Pablo Escobar. "Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar," or People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar — known as Los Pepes — was made up of rival drug traffickers, paramilitaries, and others scorned by the Medellín cartel boss. His son, Juan Pablo Escobar Henao, who has changed his name to Sebastián Marroquín, has insisted that his father took his own life on that Medellín rooftop. "I have no doubt" that Pablo Escobar planned his own death, Marroquín said in a 2014 interview. The question of who killed Pablo Escobar is likely to go unresolved, probably by design.

☆ Venezuela flooding death toll rises after three perish near Maracay
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Rescue team members help people to evacuate in the aftermath of devastating floods following heavy rain in the neighbourhood of Los Castanos, in Maracay, Aragua state, Venezuela October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez ViloriaMARACAY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Flooding in Venezuela's central Aragua state killed at least three people on Monday, adding to the death toll from weeks of intense rains, authorities said. Authorities said multiple families had to be rescued, and that a total of around 50 families were impacted. Heavy rains have killed dozens and left hundreds homeless in the state of Aragua in recent weeks. At least 54 people died in the town of Las Tejerias on Oct. 8 after heavy rains provoked mudslides that buried houses and businesses.

☆ Europe's severe drought is unearthing ancient artifacts from 'Spanish Stonehenge' to Emperor Nero's bridge
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Receding water levels due to drought in Europe are unearthing old sites and artifacts. Since early 2022, Europe has experienced an extended period of unusually high temperatures and severe lack of rainfall. From megalithic monuments to ancient bridges, sites and artifacts continue to be unearthed by the 2022 drought in Europe. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty ImagesIn late July, receding water levels in Spain's Valdecanas reservoir dropped to 28% percent of its capacity, revealing the Dolmen of Guadalperal, dubbed "Spanish Stonehenge," Reuters reported. In June, receding water levels due to the intense drought resurfaced a sunken shipwreck of a World War II-era barge.

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