Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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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 03:04 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 top 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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[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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[2026-02-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning
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[2026-02-28 01:54 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-02-28 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in Soham, has been attacked in prison.
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[2026-02-28 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company apologises after breach compromises information about staff, annual pass holders, suppliers and tenants at Ngong Ping Village
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[2026-02-28 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, looks down as his attorney gives his opening statement in the courtroom at the Barrow County courthouse, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Winder, Ga. (Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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[2026-02-28 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court on Friday joined the law community in mourning the death of Ateneo Law School (ALS) Dean Jose Maria “Joey” Hofileña.
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[2026-02-28 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Former Prime Minister of Tunisia Ali Larayedh saw his initial 34-year jail term reduced to 24 years on Thursday evening for allegedly aiding Tunisian jihadists in travelling to Syria for years.
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[2026-02-28 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian police have arrested Alexei Kostylev, the founder and former editor-in-chief of the pro-Kremlin news outlet Readovka, on charges of fraud, RBC reported on Friday, citing anonymous law enforcement sources.
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[2026-02-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: If the supermarket is found to have deliberately misled with the jingle that ‘sticks in one’s ears’, there will be sector-wide implications
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[2026-02-28 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, another step by President Donald Trump's administration to assert power over the country's oil sector after capturing leader Nicolás Maduro.
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[2026-02-28 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nanaa Abu Jari cooks outside her tent after it was flooded by rainwater in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
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[2026-02-28 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As the humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to grow, its being reported that over 100 charity kitchen workers have been killed in the ongoing conflict.
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[2026-02-27 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A view of the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, defaced with graffiti, in London, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Lucy North/PA via AP)
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[2026-02-27 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Pakistan and Afghanistan plunged into an “open war” on Friday after cross-border clashes killed dozens, drawing calls from the international community for de-escalation.
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[2026-02-27 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The families of Iranians who were killed in the protests in late December and early January were pressured by the Islamic regime to falsify the circumstances of their loved ones' deaths, CNN reported on Friday.
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[2026-02-27 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing on violent crime in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
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[2026-02-27 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sanctioned Chinese company takes on Swiss firm in ‘landmark’ action against foreign ‘bullying’ and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’
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[2026-02-27 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has lost a High Court bid to challenge the acquittal of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London.
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[2026-02-27 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), passed a bill Friday allowing the Constitutional Court to review lower court rulings, including those finalized by the Supreme Court.
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[2026-02-27 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A court in Nigeria has added terrorism charges to the allegations facing former justice minister Abubakar Malami.
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[2026-02-27 22:31 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-27 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Overnight Israeli attacks in central and southern Gaza targeting two police stations have killed at least five, including one officer, in the latest escalation amid efforts to reach calm in the battered enclave.
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[2026-02-27 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with bill's passage, other details; CHANGES headline, photo)
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[2026-02-27 22:14 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Met arrests man on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after slogans including ‘Zionist war criminal’ sprayed
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[2026-02-27 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai Police have seized motorcycles from teenage riders after complaints about reckless and dangerous driving on public roads.
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[2026-02-27 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two men and one woman suffer leg injuries, but it is unclear whether boar wounded them
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[2026-02-27 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The latest tranche of documents released by the United States Department of Justice on the convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein has caused an uproar and a slew of resignations by senior officials and businesspeople across the US and Europe.
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[2026-02-27 22:02 UTC+10:00] [Formula One] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian F1 driver was replaced after 2025 Miami GP
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[2026-02-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Law enforcement authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region on Friday arrested the mayor of a small town where residents have gone weeks without heating and water.
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[2026-02-27 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Gampaha High Court has served indictments against a group of individuals, including former Ministers Mervyn Silva and Prasanna Ranaweera, over the alleged sale of government-owned land using forged deeds.
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[2026-02-27 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A revision of the Constitutional Court Act passed the National Assembly on Friday, after liberal parties ended the opposition's filibuster against the contentious bill that has been criticized for potentially upending the current three-tier court system.
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[2026-02-27 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered that alleged underworld figure “Commando Salintha”, currently in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), be remanded until March 12.
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[2026-02-27 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lam Ming-chung, 68, admits to posting seditious comments, including calling on voters to boycott last year’s Legislative Council election
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[2026-02-27 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lawyers representing pro-Palestine campaigners charged with breaking protest laws in the UK described the case against them as “unlawful” as the government presented its case against them on Thursday.
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[2026-02-27 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lankan security landscape saw a major breakthrough this morning as Janith Madhusanka, the notorious drug trafficker and multi-count murder suspect widely known as ‘Podi Lassie,’ was successfully extradited from India and brought back to the island.
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[2026-02-27 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Soham double murderer Ian Huntley remains in hospital after being attacked by another inmate in a prison workshop.
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[2026-02-27 21:19 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-27 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jack Green was among the claimants who took the NT government to court for compensation over operations at the McArthur River Mine site outside Borroloola. (ABC News: Michael Franchi)
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[2026-02-27 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan said on Friday that it had killed 228 Taliban fighters in a series of air strikes on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
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[2026-02-27 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As Ramadan enters its second week, many families observe the holy month displaced from their homes, while others still search for relatives believed to remain beneath the rubble. Palestinian families gathered at Al-Shifa Hospital after overnight Israeli drone strikes on February 26 killed several people, including police officers and civilians, according to local officials.
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[2026-02-27 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s Supreme Court has banned a school textbook after a chapter in it made a reference to corruption in the judiciary.
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[2026-02-27 20:19 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Rappler senior investigative reporter Lian Buan discusses what to expect during the last day of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court on Friday, February 27.
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[2026-02-27 20:16 UTC+10:00] [Western Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister says reports 20-year-old was allegedly going to target mosques, WA police and parliament are ‘distressing’
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[2026-02-27 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Warning: This story contains details about suicide that some readers may find disturbing. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, help and support are available.
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[2026-02-27 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City Hall of Justice received a bomb threat on Friday although explosives experts found "no hazardous materials, explosive, incendiary or similar devices" during an inspection, police said.
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