Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-16 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details, background)By Lee Haye-ah
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[2026-04-16 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police said the group of revellers blocked traffic, sprayed water at the driver and ignored orders to disperse
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[2026-04-16 17:20 UTC+10:00] [Sathit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police said the group of revellers blocked traffic, sprayed water at the driver and ignored orders to disperse
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[2026-04-16 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Photos of Nazis with red paint were left at the entrance to the Haifa District Health Bureau on the morning of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Tuesday), the Health Ministry stated, in what was described as an offensive act targeting public employees.
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[2026-04-16 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Opening his visit to Cameroon on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV delivered a pointed message on the integrity of leadership, urging authorities to confront endemic corruption. Speaking at the presidential palace in Yaoundé, he told President Paul Biya, 93, that public authority must restore its credibility by breaking “the chains of corruption”.
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[2026-04-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police officers seized over 5 million shekels in cash, as well as weapons and ammunition across several neighborhoods in the Bedouin city of Rahat, near Beersheba in southern Israel, the police confirmed on Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 16:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Slain underworld figure Gavin “Capable” Preston attended his local cafe Sweet Lulu’s almost daily in the lead-up to his death in a hail of bullets, but had never sat at a table outside until the day he died.
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[2026-04-16 16:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A student group at Yonsei University held a campus campaign Wednesday, prompting school officials to call police over what they described as unauthorized activities.
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[2026-04-16 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Thursday sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of giving false testimony during former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's insurrection trial.
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[2026-04-16 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mong Kok beautician allegedly led a syndicate that stole clients’ cards during treatments and splurged on phones, gold and herbal goods
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[2026-04-16 16:22 UTC+10:00] [Li Muk-yik] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mong Kok beautician allegedly led a syndicate that stole clients’ cards during treatments and splurged on phones, gold and herbal goods
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[2026-04-16 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday she regretted “hurtful” remarks about a colleague, apologizing in a court-issued statement after seemingly taking aim at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s perspective on immigration enforcement.
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[2026-04-16 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security Bureau says nearly all young protest offenders have taken part in Project PATH, with a recidivism rate of just 0.2 per cent
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[2026-04-16 15:50 UTC+10:00] [Cantopop] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security Bureau says nearly all young protest offenders have taken part in Project PATH, with a recidivism rate of just 0.2 per cent
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[2026-04-16 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Australian judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago.
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[2026-04-16 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Gavin Preston was a frequent diner at Sweet Lulu's cafe before he was killed in 2023. (Facebook)
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[2026-04-16 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, illegally monopolized US live event markets, a New York jury found on Wednesday, after a trial of the company's tactics in dealing with venues and artists.
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[2026-04-16 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem was freed from immigration detention in the United States on Wednesday, according to an ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro and a source from Brazil's federal police.
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[2026-04-16 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The attorney-general of Ohio has filed a second lawsuit against the nation’s largest Reform rabbinical school over the planned shuttering of its historic Cincinnati campus - a controversial move that has also prompted the creation of a new rabbinical school in the city.
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[2026-04-16 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Protesters clashed with police at a protest in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia. (ABC News: Digby Werthmuller)
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[2026-04-16 15:11 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The state’s top court has struck down laws rushed through parliament by the Minns government to restrict protests in Sydney after the Bondi terrorist attack.
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[2026-04-16 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it has secured the conviction of a mother who sold her child online, following a ruling by a Quezon City court.
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[2026-04-16 15:06 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional
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[2026-04-16 14:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A 15-year-old is facing murder charges after allegedly fatally stabbing another teenager on the campus of Ohio State University, according to reports.
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[2026-04-16 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Malaysia is trying to prevent its heavily subsidised petrol and diesel from being siphoned across land and sea borders as the global energy crisis bites
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[2026-04-16 14:48 UTC+10:00] [Fisol Salleh] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Malaysia is trying to prevent its heavily subsidised petrol and diesel from being siphoned across land and sea borders as the global energy crisis bites
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[2026-04-16 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: More than 350 cannabis plants and half a kilogram of cannabis plant material were located and seized. (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas)
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[2026-04-16 14:14 UTC+10:00] [Australian law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for lawyers who ‘mislead the court’ with AI-generated errors
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[2026-04-16 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Four suspects, including two dismissed policemen, were killed while a personnel of the Anti-Kidnapping Group was injured (AKG) in a firefight on Wednesday (April 15) in the rescue of a businessman in Paranaque, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An armada of animal rights activists warned that they will be raiding a contested breeding facility in Wisconsin to free 2,000 beagles trapped inside — and preemptively labeled any police intervention as “illegal.”
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[2026-04-16 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Shayne Matthew Harris is facing 18 sexual assault charges. (Supplied)
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[2026-04-16 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A middle school pickup turned into a chaotic crime scene when a 13-year-old boy allegedly opened fire outside Sepulveda Middle School in North Hills Wednesday afternoon — leaving a 17-year-old wounded.
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[2026-04-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One hour and 50 minutes, with no intermission. At the James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 W. 48th Street.
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[2026-04-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that ordered steelmaker POSCO to directly hire over 200 subcontract workers who worked for the company for more than two years.
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[2026-04-16 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Aaron Judge (derecha) festeja co el panameño José Caballero, su compañero en los Yankees de Nueva York, quien conectó el hit de la victoria sobre los Angelinos de Los Ángeles, el miércoles 15 de abril de 2026 (AP Foto/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-04-16 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Supporters say the life of 2023 peace laureate Narges Mohammadi is at ‘immediate and irreparable risk’ in an Iranian prison
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[2026-04-16 12:46 UTC+10:00] [Mashhad] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Supporters say the life of 2023 peace laureate Narges Mohammadi is at ‘immediate and irreparable risk’ in an Iranian prison
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[2026-04-16 12:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: YAOUNDE, Cameroon. (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon on Wednesday where he delivered a masterclass on wielding authority legitimately to President Paul Biya, who consolidated his four-decade grip on power with a contested election last year that gave him an eighth term in office.
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[2026-04-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Conservative YouTuber Jeon Han-gil appeared at a court Thursday to attend a hearing on his potential arrest on charges of defaming President Lee Jae Myung and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the minor New Reform Party.
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[2026-04-16 12:33 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A once-revered Melbourne barrister, Norman O’Bryan, has pleaded guilty to attempting to defraud the claimants in a class action, many of whom were already ripped-off retirees, out of millions of dollars.
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[2026-04-16 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, habla durante una conferencia de prensa con el presidente electo de Chile en el palacio presidencial en San Salvador, El Salvador, el viernes 30 de enero de 2026. (Foto AP/Salvador Meléndez)
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[2026-04-16 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) lies on the court during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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[2026-04-16 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los Angeles Angels’ Zach Neto, left, and Oswald Peraza, right, react after a ball dropped between them allowing a single for New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-04-16 11:54 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A party at the Mongols’ Sydney headquarters ended early after NSW Police’s anti-bikie squad gatecrashed the event and forced 200-odd revellers to lay face down on the ground as they seized alcohol, drugs and cash.
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[2026-04-16 11:50 UTC+10:00] [US supreme court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raids
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[2026-04-16 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Arizona’s largest utility has agreed not to cut off electrical service to customers for nonpayment while forecasted high temperatures are 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) or above as part of a $7 million settlement of a lawsuit prompted in part by the 2024 death of an 82-year-old woman whose power was disconnected, Attorney General Kris Mayes said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
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[2026-04-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
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[2026-04-16 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Heightened security is coming to Tybee Island this weekend as the controversial Orange Crush festival returns, bringing with it concerns over a recent surge in unpermitted teen takeovers.
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[2026-04-16 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Police were called to the scene in Mareeba at around 7.15am today. (ABC News: Crystalyn Brown)
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