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A decade-old video has recently resurfaced claiming to show the Pope revealing his secret agenda to control the world and chastising Christians for watching The Hobbit and Game of Thrones. The Cube takes a closer look. ADVERTISEMENTPope Francis is the subject of yet another altered video, this time in which he supposedly reveals his secret agenda to deceive and control the world.The video was shared on Facebook in early January and is entitled “The Real Truth About the Vatican and the Jesuit Priests”. It’s been shared almost 20,000 times.The post text says it’s “The Pope’s Confession to the World” and asks…

The Russian president made many well-worn disputed claims about Russia’s war in Ukraine in his interview with a former Fox News host. The Cube takes a closer look at the misinformation surrounding the broadcast. ADVERTISEMENTVladimir Putin’s interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has made headlines across the world – but not for the right reasons.Aside from the Russian president’s myriad untrue statements about his war in Ukraine, a number of other false claims about how Carlson secured the interview have flooded social media.Here’s a rundown of where the interview went awry.In the controversial encounter, Putin once again claimed…

Chocolate manufacturers such as Hershey have warned that rising cocoa prices could stunt earnings, as well as cause prices to be passed on to consumers. ADVERTISEMENTThe price of Cocoa soared 19.23% this week, clocking in at an all-time high of $5,909 (€5489.6) per tonne, due to dry weather impacting cocoa harvests in West Africa. This was following this year’s Harmattan winds being harsher than usual in major cocoa producing countries, such as Ivory Coast and Ghana.Cocoa prices are now about 40% more expensive than they were at the start of this year.Chocolate giant Hershey warned that cocoa prices rising to unprecedented…

Food inflation slowed down remarkably while energy became cheaper than last year. ADVERTISEMENTInflation in Hungary sharply declined to 3.8% in January compared to the previous year, according to the Hungarian Statistical Office. In December, prices rose by 5.5% in a yearly comparison.The lower-than-expected headline inflation (including food and energy prices) had hit its lowest level since March 2021. The figure was partially dragged down by slowing food inflation, which was 3.6% in January (vs 4.8% in December 2023). Subdued food prices were good news for the people who had seen food prices going up more than 45% at the beginning…

German inflation eased to 3.1% in January year-over-year from 3.8% in December, confirming preliminary data, according to the country’s federal statistics office. ADVERTISEMENTThe fall in German inflation will further fuel speculation about an early European Central Bank (ECB) rate cut. However, despite the positive data, there are still plenty of price pressures to worry about.”In the coming months, inflation developments will be determined by two opposing trends: more disinflation and potentially even deflation as a result of weaker demand, but also new inflationary pressures due to less favourable base effects, new inflationary pressure as a result of the tensions in…

A new report challenges the view that only people in rich societies can be happy. ADVERTISEMENTMany people in small societies across the world are very happy with their lives despite having very little income, according to a new study. Even though previous research, including the World Happiness Report, suggest that economic growth (essentially more money) is a fail-safe way of increasing the well-being of societies, the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) teamed up with McGill University in Canada to challenge this view.The researchers studied small-scale societies, including Indigenous peoples, saying that previous studies neglected these…

Life expectancy is rising, birth rates are falling, and pension systems are starting to creak – so what does ageing mean for interest rates and the wider economy? ADVERTISEMENTBy 2050, the number of people aged 65 and over is set to rise to 1.6 billion globally. This is more than double the figure seen in 2021. The trend is driven by two intrinsically positive factors: improved population health and female autonomy. Whilst people are living longer, women’s education is also improving, meaning they’re generally having fewer children.The effects of an ageing population are more concerning than its catalysts. Just last year,…

The European Commission will pledge more than €210 million in fresh money to support Mauritania manage migrant flows and clamp down on human traffickers, President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday. ADVERTISEMENTSpeaking during a visit to Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott, Von der Leyen said she had discussed a “common roadmap” on migration management with Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, that should be finalised this spring.It would see Brussels commit a financial envelop of “more than €210 million” before the end of the year to help the West African country tackle the root causes of migration, provide humanitarian assistance to refugees and…

The new head of the European Investment Bank told Euronews on Thursday that the institution should support farmers. ADVERTISEMENTThe former Spanish deputy prime minister and economy minister, who took office in early January, told Euronews’ The Global Conversation that the green transition could be at risk if there is not enough private investment. Calviño pledged the EIB will help build investor confidence for projects in areas such as green hydrogen and battery factories. “Companies have to think twice before undertaking some of the necessary investments,” she said. “There is a lot of uncertainty and geopolitical tensions that also limit the tolerable risk for…

In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the European Parliament – troubled by the so-called “Russiagate” affair – called on the EU to take action to prevent the Kremlin from interfering in the European decision-making process. ADVERTISEMENTThe European Parliament is calling for Russia’s attempts to interfere in the EU decision-making process to be stopped. In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs warned that Moscow is seeking to rebuild its network of allies in Europe and that this is particularly dangerous for democracy.”Russia is in the process of recovering. The Kremlin is recovering. They are trying to reorganise their proxies in different areas.…