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Facebook analyzed data to pinpoint which boxer had the largest following from all over the world. Based on the total number of “likes,” Pacquiao owns the Philippines, where he proudly hails from, southeast Asia and parts of the Middle East. Meanwhile, Mayweather has a larger Facebook fan base, well, pretty much everywhere else. MORE: Time, date and odds | Ticket prices | How to watch the fight It’s understandable that Mayweather would dominate in most parts of the world, since as a whole he has 9,569,802 page likes compared to Pacquiao’s 6,692,217 Facebook fans....

The outing satisfied a quintessentially human need for social contact, but Marren didn’t have to leave her living room—the interactions took place remotely, in the virus-free world of virtual reality. All she had to do was don a cheap headset and sign on to a service that allowed her to mingle with other participants at the movies. “It was almost eerie how realistic it all was,” she says. Virtual reality has thrived in a small but enthusiastic community of video gamers for years, but so far it has failed to break through to the larger world of digital intercourse....

In a press conference Monday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said that there was no crisis at the border. “I think there is a challenge at the border that we are managing, and we have our resources dedicated to managing it,” Mayorkas said. The Claim As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, some people fear that migrants are spreading the virus as they move from the southern border to cities across the country....

The Claim A screenshot of a purported CNN tweet, shared, among others, by Joe Rogan, appears to suggest that U.S. actor Steven Seagal has been “spotted by intelligence agencies” fighting alongside Russian troops near the Hostomel military airfield recently captured by the Russians. Though the controversial comedian appears to have shared the image as a joke, it has since received more than 240,000 likes and has been shared in earnest by other users on Instagram and other social media....

No Republicans crossed party lines to support the bill, which is largely seen by the right as an assault on election security. With conservatives’ hardline opposition comes a host of allegations about what the legislation would accomplish. From complaints of ballot harvesting to use of taxpayer dollars for federal campaigns, Republican gripes with HR-1 likely will make Vice President Kamala Harris’ vote the tiebreaker after the Senate votes on the bill....

President Joe Biden has recently warned of “consequences” for Riyadh after Saudi Aramco’s decision to cut oil production as part of an OPEC+ agreement with Russia. With America’s energy independence on the line, some now claim that former president Donald Trump traded one of the country’s largest energy assets to a nation facing accusations of cozying up to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. The Claim A tweet posted on October 10, 2022, questioned why Saudi Arabia “bought 100% of Port Arthur in Texas…America’s largest oil refinery…completed in 2017 (during Trump’s Administration)....

Though backing further and further into a corner, Putin is not entirely bereft of friends and allies, with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán one such example. Orbán, who has long-standing ties to Putin, has repeatedly questioned the efficiencies of sanctions against Russia and its impact on gas prices, while often echoing the Kremlin’s talking points. Now, after more than a decade of near silence on the platform, the Hungarian leader appears to have begun using Twitter to vent these frustrations....

The Claim Hurricane preparation guidance from the CDC was called into question for purportedly including advice that people should get the COVID vaccine. Matt Walsh, who hosts The Matt Walsh Show podcast, tweeted: “Not a joke. The CDC says the first thing you should do to prepare for a hurricane is get the COVID vaccine. Apparently the vaccine protects against hurricanes now. It truly is a wonder drug.” And Rep....

As allegations made in the book fuel debate about the prince—from accusations of a physical attack by Prince William in 2019 to a claim his stepmother Queen Camilla “sacrificed” him on her “PR altar”—social media users have discussed and shared dubious moments from Harry’s past that were not included. One of these appeared to be a photograph showing the royal posed with the carcass of a dead buffalo, with various accounts sharing the post, which claims it was taken after a big game hunt....

The Claim In an interview about the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan with George Stephanopoulos, Biden argued that the threat of terrorism was greater from Syria than Afghanistan. He went on to say that the U.S. does not have a military presence in the Middle Eastern country, despite that threat. “Al-Qaeda, ISIS, they metastasize. There’s a significantly greater threat to the United States from Syria. There’s a significantly greater threat from East Africa....

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)—an astronomical survey conducted by the Palomar Observatory in California—on March 2, 2022. Comets are astronomical objects made up of frozen gases, dust and rock that orbit the sun. Sometimes referred to as cosmic snowballs, these objects are blasted with increasing amounts of radiation as they approach our star releasing gases and debris. The cosmic snowball—currently located more than 68 million miles from Earth—is set to reach its closest point to the sun, or perihelion, on January 12, 2023....

But the deportation saga has also proven to be fertile ground for vaccine- and tennis-related memes, satire and, it appears, even viral advertising. The Claim As social media users piled on the jokes and memes following an Australian court’s ruling to uphold the immigration ministry’s decision to cancel the Serbian tennis star’s visa, Mastercard purportedly saw an opportunity not to be missed. “Mastercard/accepted across the world…when your VISA isn’t,” reads the caption printed on a credit card next to an image of Djokovic....

After facing a media storm from the British tabloids over the past few years, Meghan detailed the account of her experience within the royal family to Winfrey and expressed shock when she said she was notified that her son Archie, the queen’s eighth great-grandchild, would not receive the title of prince, exempting him from the palace security protection that is status quo for many in the family. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is the second-youngest member of the royal family....

OnlyFans made headlines following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision on February 24, 2022, to invade neighboring Ukraine when it was caught up in some of the international reaction. In April, the site announced that it had “temporarily paused” the accounts of Russian creators due to sanctions imposed by Western powers against Russia for invading Ukraine. “OnlyFans is a creator first business,” the company said in a statement at the time....

The Claim On December 8, 2021, the unverified Twitter account of Katie Daviscourt posted a seven-second video purporting to show some children and adults in a schoolyard on the premises of Capitol Hill Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. “CHILD ABUSE: Kindergartners are forced to eat lunch outside in 40 degree weather at Capitol Hill Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. They sit on buckets to social distance from their classmates,” said the tweet, which has received nearly 18,000 interactions....

Summary If these two nasty e-mail messages are any indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one. One claims that Obama is “certainly a racist” by virtue of belonging to Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, which it says “will accept only black parishoners” and espouses a commitment to Africa. Actually, a white theology professor says he’s been “welcomed enthusiastically” at the church, as have other non-blacks....

McCain’s pronouncements on cutting spending, and even on the growth in the size of the federal government, are dubious at best: McCain seems to say that he can save $100 billion by cutting out earmarks. But budget experts say that cutting earmarks would actually save very little. And questioned more closely, McCain’s campaign now says that his planned savings have nothing to do with eliminating earmarks. With earmarks out as a potential source of savings, McCain hasn’t said what he’d cut out of the discretionary budget to get to $100 billion....

The other ad says that Edwards is the “only” Democrat running who opposed NAFTA and other trade deals. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio would take issue with that. Analysis On Jan. 15, less than a week before the Democrats’ debate in Myrtle Beach, the Edwards campaign posted on its Web site four 10-second ads to be aired in South Carolina. Two of these ads play loose with the facts....

Sleep Apnea Starts With Your Anatomy The most important cause of sleep apnea is the structure of your airway’s anatomy. There are a number of components that have a role: nose, tonsils, palate, tongue, and jaw. These structures develop based on your genetics. Just like we share a familial resemblance with our parents and siblings, so too the internal structures are similarly arranged. Being overweight or obese may worsen your risk of sleep apnea as well....

This is the premise of Robert Redford’s “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” a handsome, pleasingly mushy tall tale whose outcome is never in doubt. Adapted from a Steven Pressfield novel by Jeremy Leven, it’s the story of how a man rediscovers his soul and overcomes adversity, yet its brooding hero is oddly underdeveloped. We know about his crisis because the narrator (Jack Lemmon) tells us, and because, in the movie’s shorthand for despair, he drinks, doesn’t shave and plays cards on the wrong side of the tracks....