Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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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 18:24 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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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 18:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Restaurant asking parents to place extra adult menu orders for their 2-year-olds sparks debate over reasonable compensation for services versus excessive demand
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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 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Arts, Culture and Entertainment
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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 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Child Sexual Abuse
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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 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 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The government will launch DNA tests on remains recovered from the site of a wartime coal mine disaster in Japan's Ube that killed 136 Korean forced laborers, the foreign ministry said Monday.
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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 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 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A fast‑moving Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain has killed more than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and reached the major city of Goma, prompting the World Health Organization to declare an international health emergency amid fears the real scale of the crisis is far larger than reported.
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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 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 3:33pm
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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 14:50 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Perth man killed by a shark while spearfishing off Rottnest Island on Saturday was taking part in a members-only spearfishing competition targeting pelagic fish at Horseshoe Reef when tragedy struck.
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[2026-05-18 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At least eight people died and more than 30 were injured after a goods train collided with a bus at a busy downtown intersection.
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[2026-05-18 14:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-05-18 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Accident marks city’s second fatal crash involving a taxi in less than one week
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[2026-05-18 14:16 UTC+10:00] [accident] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Accident marks city’s second fatal crash involving a taxi in less than one week
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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 13:29 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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[2026-05-18 13:25 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Federal court case begins for classical pianist who alleges Melbourne Symphony Orchestra unlawfully discriminated due to his views
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