POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026 Regime-aligned media channels released imagery that appears to show a destroyed aircraft shelter at Al-Salti Air Base in Jordan after a recent Iranian strike. NOT BS
TECH · Jul 20, 2026 Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Adapted Capability Effector (PAC-3 ACE) is a new low-cost Patriot interceptor that costs less than half as much per unit as the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) and can engage short-range ballistic missiles. HARDLY BS
HEALTH · Jul 20, 2026 Processed meat is classified in the same International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) carcinogenicity category as tobacco smoking (cigarettes). NOT BS
POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple heavy ballistic missiles toward Jordan, likely targeting King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, Jordan. HARDLY BS
GENERAL · Jul 20, 2026 Saudi Arabia's 2024 adult-skills statistics report high participation by young people in formal and non-formal education and training. NOT BS
GENERAL · Jul 20, 2026 Official graduate statistics show that Saudi Arabia produces a sizeable number of bachelor's degree graduates, alongside master's, higher-diploma, and doctoral graduates. NOT BS
POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026 Saudi Arabia's education policy explicitly links the establishment of foreign university branch campuses in Saudi Arabia to expertise transfer and to Saudi labour-market demand under Saudi Vision 2030. HARDLY BS
POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026 Official youth statistics indicate that roughly 71% of Saudi citizens were under age 35 in mid-2024. HARDLY BS
GENERAL · Jul 20, 2026 Saudi Arabia's total population was estimated at about 35.3 million in mid-2024. NOT BS
HEALTH · Jul 20, 2026 The amount of sleep loss caused by high temperatures that is attributable to climate change has at least doubled since the early 1970s. HARDLY BS
TECH · Jul 20, 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) acknowledged that an AWS customer was mistakenly shown an estimated bill of $1,500,000,000,000 due to a problem with AWS’s estimated billing system. HARDLY BS
SCIENCE · Jul 20, 2026 In a vacuum, a metal hammer and a feather dropped from the same height at the same time will land at the same time. NOT BS
HEALTH · Jul 20, 2026 Body-mass index (BMI) can misclassify fit, muscular people as overweight or obese because muscle is denser than fat. NOT BS
HEALTH · Jul 20, 2026 Some people who are classified as overweight can be metabolically healthy. NOT BS
SCIENCE · Jul 20, 2026 In the United States, data centers used about 17 billion gallons of water annually for direct on-site cooling in 2023. NOT BS
POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026 Keir Starmer said, "The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it? I’m proud that the answer is yes." NOT BS
POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026 Four Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan wrote to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Canada of poor forest management related to wildfire smoke affecting the United States. NOT BS
POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a Thursday press conference in Ontario that fighting climate change is the responsibility of all countries, including the United States, in response to U.S. criticism about Canadian wildfire smoke. NOT BS
POLITICS · Jul 19, 2026 The Australian Army’s acquisition of the Boeing AH-64E Apache has increased Australia’s combat readiness for high-intensity operations in the Indo-Pacific region. HARDLY BS
TECH · Jul 19, 2026 Files relating to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, described as India’s largest nuclear power plant, were exposed in a data breach. NOT BS