Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-19 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars.
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[2026-04-19 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former cook is accused of helping 14 people kill themselves by selling a legal but deadly substance online
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[2026-04-19 04:22 UTC+10:00] [Henein Hutchison Robitaille] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former cook is accused of helping 14 people kill themselves by selling a legal but deadly substance online
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[2026-04-19 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A gunman who killed at least six people in Kyiv and took hostages has been shot dead by Ukrainian police, officials said.
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[2026-04-19 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disgraced ex-Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife in a gruesome murder-suicide just hours she celebrated with her best friend that she was “finally going to be free,” according to a report.
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[2026-04-19 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Five people were killed in Kyiv on Saturday after a gunman opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in the Ukrainian capital before being killed during an arrest attempt, officials said.
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[2026-04-19 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — This year’s Lyrid meteor shower is getting a boost thanks to a dim crescent moon. Skywatchers could see 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour soar across the spring sky, according to NASA, when the fiery display peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
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[2026-04-19 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Unicef has suspended operations in northern Gaza after Israeli forces killed two contracted truck drivers at a water distribution site.
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[2026-04-19 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Five people were killed in Kyiv on Saturday after a gunman opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in the Ukrainian capital before being killed during an arrest attempt, officials said.
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[2026-04-19 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A French paratrooper was killed and three of his fellow peacekeepers wounded in a suspected Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon Saturday — less than two days into a fragile 10-day cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon.
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[2026-04-19 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Special tactical units stormed the supermarket where the attacker had barricaded himself
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[2026-04-19 02:30 UTC+10:00] [Ukrainian] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Special tactical units stormed the supermarket where the attacker had barricaded himself
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[2026-04-19 02:29 UTC+10:00] [Law enforcement] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A gunman opened fire on people in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on Saturday, killing five and wounding several others, Ukrainian authorities said.
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[2026-04-19 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: At least five people were killed and more than a dozen hurt in a mass shooting in Kyiv, with Ukrainian authorities killing the suspect – who had barricaded himself inside a supermarket.
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[2026-04-19 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A 25-year-old Arkansas “monster” who pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges, bestiality, and sexual extortion has been sentenced to a whopping 96 years in prison.
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[2026-04-19 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Moscow is criminalizing the American dream — blacklisting more than a dozen elite US universities and making it illegal for Russians to so much as contact them.
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[2026-04-19 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MEXICO CITY (AP) — A suspected drug trafficker considered one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said on Saturday.
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[2026-04-19 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: “IF you want to fight corruption, you must be prepared to send your friends and relatives to jail,” Singapore’s late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew once said — a reminder that corruption is rarely abstract, and never without consequence.
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[2026-04-19 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Two people have been killed and others injured as a person opened fire in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital's Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said.
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[2026-04-19 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed Saturday when an unknown gunman opened fire in the streets of Kyiv, the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said.
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[2026-04-19 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars.
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[2026-04-19 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Pope Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Angola, opening the third leg of his four-nation tour across Africa, with a message focused on hope, peace, and social justice.
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[2026-04-19 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A French soldier serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has been killed, and three others were wounded in an attack that UNIFIL and French officials said was likely carried out by Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-19 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by the California Department of Insurance shows a bear costume allegedly worn by suspects with the aim to commit insurance fraud. (California Department of Insurance via AP, File)
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[2026-04-19 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A French peacekeeper has been killed and three others wounded after a UN patrol came under fire in southern Lebanon, in what officials described as a deliberate attack.
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[2026-04-19 00:44 UTC+10:00] [French politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the death of a French soldier serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, blaming the Hezbollah militant group and demanding Beirut immediately arrest those responsible.
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[2026-04-19 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign stands in front of the New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, in London, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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[2026-04-19 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations Children’s Fund says it is “outraged” after Israel killed two drivers it had contracted to deliver clean water to families in Gaza.
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[2026-04-19 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Pan-African activist Kemi Seba has been arrested in South Africa, where authorities say an extradition process is now underway.
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[2026-04-19 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Just days after a ceasefire began in Lebanon, it appears that Hezbollah has carried out an attack that killed a French soldier. French President Emmanuel Macron said on social media that “Sergeant-Chef Florian Montorio of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment from Montauban fell this morning in southern Lebanon during an attack against UNIFIL.”
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[2026-04-18 23:37 UTC+10:00] [Washington DC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Construction was stopped after suit challenged president’s authority to raze East Wing without congressional approval
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[2026-04-18 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A United Nations peacekeeper was killed and three others wounded after a Unifil patrol came under small-arms fire while clearing explosive ordnance along a road in the southern Lebanese village of Ghandouriyeh, the peacekeeping mission said on Saturday.
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[2026-04-18 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Each night, Saeda al-Shrafi feels as though she is back in the cell: boots in the corridor, a headcount barked in the dark, the cold of Damon prison seeping into her bones.
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[2026-04-18 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UNICEF has said two truck drivers it had contracted to deliver clean water to families in Gaza have been killed by Israeli fire. The agency reported it had suspended activities at the site and called on West Jerusalem to investigate the incident.
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[2026-04-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The fire in Hendon on Friday follows another arson attack on a synagogue in nearby Finchley on Wednesday
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[2026-04-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The fire in Hendon on Friday follows another arson attack on a synagogue in nearby Finchley on Wednesday
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[2026-04-18 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Barber Mohammad Mehdi cuts the hair of his client Ayman Al Zein inside his shop, which was damaged in an Israeli airstrike that also damaged Al Zein’s shop, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-04-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A French UNIFIL soldier was killed, and three others were wounded during an attack in southern Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in an X/Twitter post on Saturday.
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[2026-04-18 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A French soldier has been killed and three others wounded in an attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol in southern Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron announced, adding that "everything points to Hezbollah bearing the responsibility".
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[2026-04-18 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A French soldier who was part of international forces stationed in southern Lebanon has been killed, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday.
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[2026-04-18 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Victim lured by social media advertisement promising high-return stock investments, police say
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[2026-04-18 22:13 UTC+10:00] [online scam] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Victim lured by social media advertisement promising high-return stock investments, police say
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[2026-04-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Harrods] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Justice for Fayed and Harrods Survivors group claim there are ‘dozens of individuals who must be held to account’
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[2026-04-18 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-04-18 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-04-18 21:26 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The elder sister of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, 90, who was acquitted in a high-profile retrial, on Saturday criticized the Justice Ministry's bill to reform the nation's retrial system.
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[2026-04-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) has reiterated its strongest condemnation of the reported hazing incident at the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), and announced decisive reforms to eliminate hazing within the institution.
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[2026-04-18 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A civilian was killed and dozens more wounded in overnight Russian attacks across Ukraine, local officials said Saturday. One person was killed in a strike on Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, local leader Vadym Filashkin said in a post on social media. Other officials reported at least 26 people had been hurt in attacks across northern and eastern Ukraine, including a strike on port infrastructure in the city of Odesa.
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[2026-04-18 21:01 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Grief counsellor and psychologist help residents prepare physically and mentally for the expected ‘sensory shock’ of returning to ravaged homes
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