Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government said Wednesday that its soldiers killed four people aboard a speed boat registered in Florida that opened fire on officers in Cuban waters.
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[2026-02-26 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Supreme Court has ordered the man be retried. (ABC News: Courtney Bembridge)
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[2026-02-26 07:35 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rare clash off island’s coast comes amid oil embargo and heightened tensions between two countries
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The recent US Supreme Court ruling that invalidated President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs” marks a significant turning point. The policy debate surrounding these tariffs has highlighted the growing tension between domestic economic priorities and the institutional foundations of the multilateral trading system that has underpinned global economic stability since the end of the Cold War.
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[2026-02-26 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mamdani said that from the videos he has seen, “it was a snowball fight that got out hand and it should be treated accordingly.”
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[2026-02-26 07:05 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-02-26 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, Aug. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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[2026-02-26 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden smiles as he heads off the court after being interviewed following the Cavaliers’ victory over the Denver Nuggets in an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-02-26 06:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Images of Al Jazeera journalists who were killed during the war on Gaza, during the opening of the 17th Al Jazeera Forum. Source: Getty / Yousef Masoud
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[2026-02-26 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal has permitted the importation of specified consignments of BYD vehicles, reaffirming that such imports may proceed on the same basis as earlier directed by Court, subject to the submission of a corporate guarantee covering any duty difference.
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[2026-02-26 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Suresh Dharmasena and Gamini Dissanayake stormed into the semi-finals of the ITF UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour Futures 18th Sri Lanka Open with commanding straight-set victories in their men’s open singles quarter-finals at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts in Colombo yesterday.
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[2026-02-26 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed two writ petitions filed by Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt) Ltd challenging directives issued by the Defence Secretary to remove the company’s armouries from Sri Lanka Navy premises.
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[2026-02-26 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo High Court, ordered yesterday (25) the acquittal of Daisy Forrest, the grandaunt of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who was charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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[2026-02-26 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The second shooter involved in the incident in which a lawyer and his wife were shot dead by two gunmen inside a car in a supermarket parking lot in the Akuregoda area in Thalangama has been arrested on Tuesday night (24) along with another two suspects linked to the incident in the Hulandawa area of Moneragala.
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[2026-02-26 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference, May 6, 2025, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A news report stating that 32 drivers had been arrested while being high on narcotics in the Kandy District should indeed invite the attention of the concerned authorities. According to the report, this includes mostly private bus and three-wheeler drivers. The DIG for Kandy and Matale Districts Sudath Munasinghe described this as a very serious and dangerous situation, warning that it could pose a serious threat to public safety.
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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has dismissed claims about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the number of people killed during recent unrest as “big lies,” saying fabricated narratives are being used to advance a hostile propaganda campaign against the nation.
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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Seven civilians have been killed and at least ten others injured in a Ukrainian drone raid on a chemical plant in Smolensk Region, western Russia, the country’s Investigative Committee reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo taken from video provided by WCHS-TV, Julie Miller is shown at her sentencing Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Madison, W.Va. (WCHS-TV via AP)
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[2026-02-26 06:09 UTC+10:00] [State of the Union address] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Aliya Rahman, who was dragged out of her car in January by agents, arrested for ‘refusing to obey orders’ to sit down
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[2026-02-26 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-02-26 05:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South African men who were allegedly tricked into fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine arrive at King Shaka International Airport in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Str)
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[2026-02-26 05:28 UTC+10:00] [Crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Enzo Conticello admits theft as judge says ‘I expect we’re going to find out’ what he did with egg and luxury watch
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[2026-02-26 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her the daily, morning news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, the day after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.” (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
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[2026-02-26 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A street collapsed in Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday, swallowing two vehicles waiting at a red light. Police say the drivers climbed out and weren’t injured.
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The control Caitlin Thornton’s alleged abuser held over her did not end when she died. Instead, the man once charged with assaulting her had the power to hold her body hostage after death.
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke faces growing calls to ban a controversial Israeli journalist from entering Australia over inflammatory remarks, including his assertion that 100,000 Palestinians should have been killed at the start of the war in Gaza.
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Last week, for the first time in her nine years of life, Aisiya left the prison camp she’s grown up in. She thought she was on her way to Australia.
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[2026-02-26 04:35 UTC+10:00] [Prison] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Four House Democrats demanded the top Federal Bureau of Prisons official explain how he plans to address the agency’s “persistent, unsafe conditions” and “pervasive shortage of critical staff,” driven in part by corrections officers fleeing the bureau for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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[2026-02-26 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested a 64-year-old woman who went viral on social media after singing the national anthem to the high-tempo local rhythm called dembow during a karaoke session at a restaurant.
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In any private business, if you doubled the budget and got a decrease in output, the CEO would be fired. In the Israel Police and justice system, it’s exactly the opposite: failure is the engine for requesting more budgets.
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[2026-02-26 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JUIZ DE FORA, Brazil — Families of those killed in the devastating floods in southeastern Brazil began burying the dead on Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to at least 40 in the state of Minas Gerais.
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[2026-02-26 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The police commissioner’s recent admission is a deeply unsettling moment of truth – yet one that surprises no one who lives the reality on the ground. When he calls for “legal courage” and laments the lack of technological tools for intelligence-gathering, he is effectively raising a white flag over the existing working methods of the Israel Police.
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[2026-02-26 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Opposition parties boycotted the majority of the special plenum session on Wednesday that hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi because Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit was not invited.
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[2026-02-26 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State prosecutors on Wednesday filed an indictment at Jerusalem District Court against Israel Harpaz, 19, of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, accusing him of taking part in an organized, racially motivated riot that included assaults, arson, and widespread property damage in the Palestinian village of Jaba, allegedly carried out in retaliation after the evacuation of an illegal outpost last November.
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[2026-02-26 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel killed at least 84 media workers and journalists in 2025 – far more than any other country in what was the deadliest year on record for the news media.
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[2026-02-26 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A husband who is accused of driving his wife to suicide says she lied about being abused by him, a court has heard.
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[2026-02-26 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GEOPOLITICAL analyst and former diplomat Adolfo Paglinawan has accused retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio of attempting to salvage his reputation by defending his ruling, which upheld the constitutionality of Republic Act 9522 or the Archipelagic Baselines Law.
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[2026-02-26 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators arrested the country’s former intelligence chief on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners.
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[2026-02-26 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DENPASAR, Indonesia — An American convicted of killing the mother of his then-pregnant teenage girlfriend at an Indonesian luxury hotel was deported on Tuesday after his early release from prison, immigration authorities said.
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[2026-02-26 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The tassels on Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving wave as he participates during the second half in Game 3 of the NBA basketball finals against the Boston Celtics, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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[2026-02-26 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The United States Supreme Court did the right thing by ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 “does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.” Half of the court’s conservative majority has, at long last, stood up to US President Donald Trump’s brazen overreach of executive power.
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[2026-02-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces killed 34 militants in multiple raids across the country, the military said on Wednesday, as a separate ambush blamed on the Pakistani Taliban killed four police officers near the Afghan border.
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[2026-02-26 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A sinkhole opened up at a busy Omaha intersection on 24 February, swallowing two vehicles, CCTV footage shared by the Omaha police department showed.
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[2026-02-26 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian opposition politician who was convicted of inciting social disorder was granted early release from prison on Wednesday after receiving a royal pardon.
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[2026-02-26 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Supreme Court is photographed, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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[2026-02-26 02:32 UTC+10:00] [Journalist safety] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings
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[2026-02-26 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel was responsible for the deaths of around two-thirds of all journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) said in a report on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni reacts after shooting against the bar during a Champions League opening phase soccer match between Benfica and Real Madrid, in Lisbon, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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