Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cheung Chung-yiu, Cheung Chin-ming, Chan Chun-hei and Chan Yuen-ming were aged between 16 and 27 at the time of the November 2019 riots
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[2026-05-18 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Shakira performs during the Global Citizen Festival in New York on Sept. 27, 2025. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina kisses the trophy after winning against United States’ Coco Gauff at the end of the women’s final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-05-18 19:18 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The high-profile “dick pic” defamation legal tussle between Cate Sayers and her ex-husband, Luke Sayers, took a Hollywood turn on Monday when a former Academy Award nominee made a surprise appearance in the Victorian Supreme Court to clap eyes on the action.
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[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Southern Police District confirms that the man arrested during the Senate shooting tested positive in a paraffin test.
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[2026-05-18 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Protesters from opposing groups started gathering outside the Senate in Pasay City on Monday as lawmakers began the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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[2026-05-18 18:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A woman in her 30s was found dead at a motel in eastern Seoul after reportedly struggling with debt linked to high-interest loans disguised as gift card transactions, police said Monday.
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[2026-05-18 18:49 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Allan government and Victoria Police are at loggerheads over whether transport department officials formally reported to police a $6 million fraud allegedly attempted by a contractor on the Metro Tunnel rail project.
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[2026-05-18 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Members of youth and other groups march along Diokno Boulevard in Pasay City to demand the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, May 18, 2026, as the Senate prepared to convene as an impeachment court.
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[2026-05-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The directors of Melbourne’s Super Rugby team thought the competition would rise from the ashes after COVID-19 with the support of Rugby Australia only to later learn they had no role in the future of the sport.
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[2026-05-18 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 6:27pm
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[2026-05-18 18:20 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-18 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police personnel stand behind their shields outside the Senate of the Philippines, in Manila, Thursday May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)
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[2026-05-18 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: This is The Manila Times, where we bring you stories that shape our world.
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[2026-05-18 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Drone strikes by Mali’s army have killed at least 10 civilians as they prepared to celebrate a wedding in the central region of San in another escalation of the conflict since armed groups launched a widespread coordinated assault late last month.
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[2026-05-18 17:42 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Neo-Nazis have lodged a constitutional challenge in the High Court against new federal laws outlawing them as a hate group, as they fight to form a political party.
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[2026-05-18 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pianist Jayson Gillham was concerned management of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) would not allow him to play a new piece of music at an event he was headlining if they knew it was dedicated to the journalists of Gaza, the Federal Court heard on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 17:12 UTC+10:00] [Australian police and policing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Inquiry into black market hears cost of destroying vapes has also soared, with some requiring manual dismantling
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[2026-05-18 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An escaped tiger believed to be owned by Germany's "Tiger Queen" has been shot dead by police after attacking one of its keepers, according to local media reports.
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[2026-05-18 17:02 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A former Parramatta council employee said he was instructed to surveil people’s emails because the former chief executive was paranoid about information being leaked to a councillor and to the media, the corruption watchdog has heard.
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[2026-05-18 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Bizum app to work for payments in shops in Spain, Canadian cops arrested for sexual assault in Barcelona, Spain says Ebola risk 'very low' amid DRC and Uganda outbreak and more news on Monday May 18th.
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[2026-05-18 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 4:52pm
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[2026-05-18 16:50 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-18 16:32 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of the state’s top cops has said that the days of young people “going through a gauntlet of police lined with drug dogs” at music festivals are over as the focus shifts to train stations, parks and more secluded locations to target those selling drugs to festivalgoers.
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[2026-05-18 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: High Court declared money raised by ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ constituted terrorist property under ordinance
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[2026-05-18 16:26 UTC+10:00] [United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: High Court declared money raised by ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ constituted terrorist property under ordinance
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[2026-05-18 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing a multi-pronged expert witness strategy in its case against former president Rodrigo Duterte to prove that the killing of thousands in connection with his anti-drug campaign was part of a deliberate and state-backed policy amounting to crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-18 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Mel Oragon, the suspect arrested in the May 13 Senate shooting, tested positive for gunpowder, the Southern Police District (SPD) confirmed Monday.
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[2026-05-18 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Court partially grants injunction against union action as government steps up pressure for negotiated settlement
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[2026-05-18 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details; RECASTS headline, lead)
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[2026-05-18 16:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Kaiser Reef has fired up a major multi-pronged exploration and development assault at its Maldon gold project in Victoria.
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[2026-05-18 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 4:03pm
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[2026-05-18 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Richneck Elementary School assistant principal Ebony Parker looks back into the courtroom during Abby Zwerner’s lawsuit against her on Oct. 28, 2025, in Newport News, Va. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, Pool, File)
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[2026-05-18 15:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Supreme Court recently ruled that payments received by a US firm from a South Korean company in exchange for technical know-how could be subject to corporate tax in Korea, sending the case back to a lower court for further review.
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[2026-05-18 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info on talks, court's ruling throughout)By Kim Han-joo
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[2026-05-18 15:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics won a partial court injunction Monday restricting its labor union’s planned strike.
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[2026-05-18 15:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-05-18 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: After a decade playing a fading writer in ‘Fan Letter,’ the ‘Prison Playbook’ and ‘Stranger’ actor hopes to see more international tourists in Korean theater audiences
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[2026-05-18 15:26 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – The Senate is set to convene as an impeachment court Monday, May 18, for the highly anticipated trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, a political showdown expected to test not only the strength of the administration coalition but also the stability of the chamber’s leadership.
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[2026-05-18 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 3:12pm
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[2026-05-18 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Berlin police stormed a Nakba Day remembrance march in the German capital, charging into crowds and attacking demonstrators with pepper spray during the peaceful event.
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[2026-05-18 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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[2026-05-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Accountability] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Health campaigners are threatening to bring the British government to court over its drug-pricing deal with Donald Trump, in a legal fight that risks undermining a key pillar of the U.S.-U.K. trade deal.
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[2026-05-18 14:53 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rex Airlines directors, including a former federal transport minister, knew the failed airline was publishing an “unreasonable and unsupportable” profit forecast before reversing course and revealing a $35 million loss in 2023, lawyers for the corporate regulator told a court on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 14:01 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: NSW transport minister says contracts signed for 24-metre, battery electric ferry to be trialled for 12 months from 2028
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[2026-05-18 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 2:01pm
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[2026-05-18 13:46 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-18 13:43 UTC+10:00] [Australian law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Banned White Australia group lodges documents with high court stating legislation ‘burdens freedom of governmental and political communication’
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[2026-05-18 13:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 1:42pm
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[2026-05-18 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Police are searching for a sicko who allegedly shoved a group of kids to the ground and choked a boy inside a Brooklyn park.
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