Meta scraps third party fact checkers – and UFC boss joins board

Meta is scrapping its third party fact-checking service in the US after nine years and replacing it with a “community notes” system, similar to the one used by X. Read More US News – The latest headlines from the US | Sky News
Lead pollution in ancient Rome may have lowered IQ levels, study finds
Lead pollution in ancient Rome may have dropped the average IQ by up to three points, a new study has found. Read More World News – Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will end third-party fact-checking, adopt Elon Musk’s ‘Community Notes’ system on X

Community Notes model will allow users on Meta’s social media sites Facebook, Instagram and Threads to call out posts that may be misleading.
I bought an antique cabinet on Facebook Marketplace — what I found inside is what dreams are made of

“When we first get it I’m unlocking the cabinets as one does like checking all the draws, making sure everything is ok,” she said. “Please look what I found. Literally no words.”
Passenger has wild ‘raw dogging’ hack to pass time on airplanes — and other travelers love it, too: ‘I do this a lot’

“Glad to know I’m not the only one,” one commenter said of the bizarre practice. “I do this a lot! Sometimes it’s so bad I actually cry and have my heart beating extremely fast,” added another.
Israel extends closure of Al Jazeera office in occupied West Bank

Israeli authorities have renewed a closure order on Al Jazeera’s office in the occupied West Bank, days after the Pale…
South Korean court extends arrest warrant for impeached Yoon

South Korea’s anticorruption agency says it has received an extension to the court warrant to arrest impeached Preside…
‘We didn’t have anybody there’: Kyiv’s troops struggle as Russia advances

Kyiv, Ukraine – As Ukrainian forces fight in the western Russian region of Kursk, they are encountering a new enemy ?…
Photos: Carnival season offers New Orleans hope following attack

Women dressed as angels, hands clasped in prayer, passed through New Orleans on Monday evening to celebrate the first pa…
Trump seeks to block ‘discredited’ report from special counsel Jack Smith: ‘Lawless political stunt’

Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding US Attorney General Merrick Garland block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s “Final Report.”