Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Web Exclusive] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Democracy Now
Snippet: The U.S. and Israel have launched an unprovoked attack on Iran striking sites across the country, including the compound of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian state media reports one Israeli strike hit an elementary girls’ school in Minab, killing at least 85 people including scores of children. Iran responded by launching attacks across the Middle East targeting Israel and U.S.
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[2026-02-28 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Haitian Police Chief Vladimir Paraison gives an interview at police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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[2026-02-28 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday extended his order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported.
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[2026-02-28 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced to 16½ years in prison a Wisconsin man who forged threats against President Donald Trump as part of a scheme to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported.
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[2026-02-28 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-02-28 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Joseph Lord, Stacy Robinson, Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-02-28 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday posed a question about the possibility of a "rehearing" or "readjudication" of a legal case involving his sweeping emergency tariffs, after the Supreme Court struck them down last week.
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[2026-02-28 08:54 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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[2026-02-28 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The complaint and affidavit in support of an arrest warrant against Sherry Xue Li and Lianbo “Mike” Wang is photographed on Monday, July 18, 2022. (Department of Justice via AP, File)
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[2026-02-28 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by Romanucci & Blandin Law shows Renee Good, 37, who was shot and killed Jan. 7, 2026, by an immigration officer during a federal enforcement surge in Minneapolis. (Donna Ganger/Romanucci & Blandin Law via AP)
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[2026-02-28 08:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In a move aimed at de-escalating tensions, Sierra Leone said Guinea on Friday had released 16 of its soldiers and police officers arrested on Tuesday.
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[2026-02-28 07:52 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-28 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel's High Court has temporarily halted a ban on international aid groups from working in the occupied Palestinian territories unless they meet strict new rules.
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[2026-02-28 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The packaged drugs found in the Blaxland Road, Ryde apartment in 2023. (Supplied)
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[2026-02-28 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered that Commando Salintha, who is alleged to have linked underworld activities be remanded until March 12.
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[2026-02-28 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — The iconic monument to Britain's World War II prime minister in Parliament Square "was graffitied with red paint" overnight, the Metropolitan Police said on X.
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[2026-02-28 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The US Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) on 20 February 2026, creating uncertainty about future US tariff policies. The US has used IEEPA to impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partners and additional fentanyl-related trade measuresfor Canada, China, and Mexico since 2025.
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[2026-02-28 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan launched multiple airstrikes on Saturday night targeting militants in neighbouring Afghanistan, where the Government reported children were among dozens of people killed and wounded.
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[2026-02-28 07:02 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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[2026-02-28 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who authorities said was high on methamphetamine and hadn’t slept for days when he killed five people inside a home frequented by drug users was sentenced to life without parole Friday after pleading guilty to their murders.
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[2026-02-28 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Two Sri Lankan air passengers who were attempting to smuggle imported cigarettes valued at Rs. 13.5 million into the country were arrested yesterday (27) by a team of airport customs officers. Customs officers seized 434 cartons of cigarettes and 30 electronic cigarettes from their luggage.
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[2026-02-28 06:22 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two teenage boys, both on bail, have been charged over the alleged stabbing of a man with a large knife at Bondi Beach on Friday night.
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[2026-02-28 06:11 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Darren Connor denies possession of offensive weapon in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse
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[2026-02-28 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Police allegedly seized several guns and a large collection of knives from the man's home. (Supplied: WA Police)
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[2026-02-28 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-28 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that dozens of international aid agencies can continue to operate in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories, freezing an earlier government decision that barred aid groups that failed to comply with new rules.
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[2026-02-28 05:36 UTC+10:00] [Mexico] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fires are still burning in the Mexican town of Tapalpa four days after the cartel boss known as 'El Mencho' made his last stand.
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[2026-02-28 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Bill Clinton says he had no inkling of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal behaviour during their "brief acquaintance" and would have turned him into police if he did, according to his opening statement to a congressional hearing.
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[2026-02-28 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-02-28 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Consumer Protection
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[2026-02-28 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man who was an employee at the U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two girls while working in the African nation, federal prosecutors said.
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[2026-02-28 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the government from shuttering the Gaza operations of dozens of aid organizations, which petitioned the court in a dispute over new Israeli rules requiring them to name Palestinian staff.
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[2026-02-28 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ghana’s foreign affairs minister says at least 55 of the country’s citizens have been killed fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
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[2026-02-28 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rescuers and police officers work at the scene of a derailment on Line 9 in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Stefano Porta/LaPresse via AP)
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[2026-02-28 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jason Riley, center, Laken Riley’s father, listens during the Jose Ibarra trial at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool, File)
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[2026-02-28 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Newly uncovered documents dating from the 1948 Nakba that saw the creation of the state of Israel reveal the extent to which Zionist fighters were ordered to "annihilate" civilians and their villages.
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[2026-02-28 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A legal challenge by a group of private schools over the government's decision to remove the VAT exemption on the fees they charge has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
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[2026-02-28 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Containers sit at the Balboa terminal, run by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Co., after Panama’s government ordered the occupation of the port following a Supreme Court ruling that the concession was unconstitutional, in Panama City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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[2026-02-28 03:42 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reports of African men being attracted to Russia by promises of jobs and ending up on Ukraine’s frontlines have become more frequent
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[2026-02-28 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ACCRA, Ghana — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
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[2026-02-28 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least one person has been killed and 39 others are reported to have been injured some seriously, after a tram derailed in the northern Italian city of Milan.
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[2026-02-28 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The parents of a 14-year-old boy stabbed to death in a pub car park have said they were harassed and bullied for years before he was killed.
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[2026-02-28 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: OpenAI says it will strengthen its safety measures after the company failed to alert police about the Tumbler Ridge shooting suspect's ChatGPT account despite it being flagged internally months before the attack.
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[2026-02-28 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Friday adjourned the trial of former Attorney General Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz to 4 May.
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[2026-02-28 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Senegal's parliament on Friday referred a former minister to a special court for allegedly embezzling millions in taxpayers' cash, in the latest case targeting a member of ex-president Macky Sall's government.
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[2026-02-28 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNAVOIDABLY, random thoughts on Mindanao cross my mind at this hour when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is conducting confirmation of charges hearings on the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
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[2026-02-28 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-02-28 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE confirmation-of-charges proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague rest on a foundational assumption: that the court’s investigation was impartial, independent, and insulated from political influence and interference by political actors in the Philippines. But recent developments now cast a long shadow over that premise.
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[2026-02-28 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
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[2026-02-28 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: St. Petersburg police said Friday that they arrested a senior manager at Gazprom Neft, one of Russia’s biggest oil producers, on suspicion of accepting bribes in his previous role at the company’s investment division.
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