Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Police have observed a significant increase in water-related accidents across the country. In response to this concerning trend, the Sri Lanka Police Marine Division has implemented several enhanced safety measures, deploying additional lifeguards and specialized rescue equipment to ensure the safety of local residents, Foreign Nationals, and tourists engaging in water-based activities, a release issued by the Sri Lanka Police said yesterday.
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[2026-02-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Anuradhapura Provincial High Court has ordered seven officials, including the Provincial Governor, the Provincial Chief Secretary, the Secretary of the Public Service Commission, and the Provincial Education Ministry Secretary to appear in Court on February 27 regarding the appointment of principals in the North Central Province in violation of Government circulars and regulations.
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[2026-02-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A discussion was held between Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara and European Union (EU) representatives on Tuesday (10) at the Justice and National Integration Ministry where attention was drawn to the new Anti-Terrorism Bill.
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[2026-02-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: International Women’s Day 2026 (IWD 2026) will, as usual, be celebrated on March 08. This year, the UN has announced the global theme for International Women’s Day as “Rights * Justice * Action * for all Women and Girls”
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[2026-02-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Police on Wednesday morning (Feb 11) issued an official clarification regarding the fatal shooting of a youth in Jaffna on Tuesday, February 10, saying that the deceased was 19 years old and not a minor as initially reported, while confirming that the incident is now under multiple layers of investigation.
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[2026-02-12 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Lors de leur retrait, le 16 janvier 2026, les rebelles avaient exigé de laisser Uvira sous le contrôle de la communauté internationale. Mais ce sont l’armée et la police nationale congolaises, ainsi que les wazalendo, une milice pro gouvernementale, qui s’y sont redéployées.
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[2026-02-12 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Emotional Canadian PM ordered flags at half-staff for seven days after a female shooter killed nine at a school and nearby home in British Columbia
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[2026-02-12 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Les étudiants du Sénégal sont toujours sous le choc de la mort de l’un d’entre eux, lundi (09.02). Abdoulaye Ba, étudiant en médecine, est décédé des suites de ses blessures après l'intervention de la police sur le campus de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD).
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[2026-02-12 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Tribunal Administrativo da Cidade de Maputo confirmou na quarta-feira (11.02), buscas nas suas instalações, no âmbito do processo-crime contra magistrados acusados de cobranças ilícitas e falsificação de vistos na contratação pública.
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[2026-02-12 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City will continue to ramp up intelligence gathering and education as ‘undercurrents’ of threats persist, Joe Chow says
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[2026-02-11 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shum Lok-man, who embezzled the money from Eddid Securities and Futures, gambled away 99 per cent of the proceeds
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[2026-02-11 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Despite the alerts, the Bureau of Customs has its hands tied because a court ruling upheld that Subic Special Economic Zone should be operated as a separate customs territory
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[2026-02-11 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Philippine News Philippine authorities alerted of alleged illegal US e-waste shipments Voices [OPINION] Waste is political. Binaliw shows why zero waste is a matter of justice. Feb 5, 2026 2:00 PM PHT Share in Chat Share article Facebook X (Twitter) Copy Link Copied Philippine News Tracking trash costs: Which Metro Manila cities spent more or less Feb 5, 2026 10:43 AM PHT Share in Chat Share article Facebook X (Twitter) Copy Link Copied Top 5 News Today House panel to
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[2026-02-11 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Despite the alerts, the Bureau of Customs has its hands tied because a court ruling upheld that Subic Special Economic Zone should be operated as a separate customs territory
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[2026-02-11 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities in Songkhla apprehended an armed suspect after a shooting at Phatong Prathan Khiriwat School left a woman and two children hurt
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[2026-02-11 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-11 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Secretary to the President, Saman Ekanayake, has been remanded until February 18 after being produced before court today in connection with an ongoing case involving the alleged misuse of public funds.
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[2026-02-11 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Four Buddhist monks, including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thero, along with six other individuals, were granted bail by the Trincomalee High Court today (11).
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[2026-02-11 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PM Albanese uses Israeli president’s visit to demand charges for 2024 strike on aid convoy that killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues
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[2026-02-11 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Police release the recording of the Triple Zero call made by 13-year-old Austin Appelbee after his marathon 4 kilometre swim through rough seas to save his family.
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[2026-02-11 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kwok Yin-sang tried to deal with financial assets of US-based Anna Kwok, despite knowing daughter is wanted activist with HK$1 million bounty
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[2026-02-11 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Two Chinese nationals have fallen foul of Australian laws on foreign interference introduced in 2018, with police alleging they spied on a Buddhist group under orders from law enforcement authorities in China.
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[2026-02-11 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘It’s assault, physical assault. It’s a crime anywhere in the world, especially in Singapore,’ said a Philippine labour official
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[2026-02-11 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wan Wenguo, captain of the Hong Kong-flagged NewNew Polar Bear, denies damaging a key gas link between Finland and Estonia in 2023
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[2026-02-11 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar today (11) sentenced 12 suspects to death in the high-profile murder case of former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his personal security officer, with the three-judge bench delivering a split verdict.
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[2026-02-11 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While 10 were convicted of destroying evidence, not a single person has been charged in connection with the deaths of two Melbourne teens
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[2026-02-11 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thero and nine others, including the incumbent of the Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi Bodhiraja Viharaya, Venerable Kalyanawansa Tissa Thero, were produced before the Trincomalee Magistrate’s Court today (Feb 11).
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[2026-02-11 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-11 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-11 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-02-11 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Gampaha High Court is set to deliver its verdict today (11)in the trial concerning the 2022 mob assault and murder of Polonnaruwa District MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security guard.
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[2026-02-11 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A former Florida police chief said he received a call from Donald Trump in 2006 in which the now-president told him “everyone” knows about Jeffrey Epstein’s behaviour, according to an FBI document released by the justice department.
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[2026-02-11 13:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Ten people, including a suspected shooter, were found dead after a shooting in a town in northeastern British Columbia on Tuesday, Canadian police said.
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[2026-02-11 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police say a suspect is among the dead and more than 25 people are injured in the remote British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge
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[2026-02-11 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The offender was 22 when he matched with the 13-year-old victim on a Telegram bot and asked her to be his girlfriend
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[2026-02-11 07:15 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Under pressure from Republican state attorneys general, the agency that advises the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges on scientific and technical matters has withdrawn the entirety of its content on climate change from a new judicial reference manual.
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[2026-02-11 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s top-ranked Dinara de Silva delivered a calm and clinical performance to move into the second round of the ITF J30 Colombo (February) – SLTA Week 3 Tennis Tournament, which is being conducted at the SLTA clay courts in Colombo.
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[2026-02-11 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Police Central Crime Bureau (CCB) has received permission yesterday (10) to detain and question the two members of the notorious Ava gang who were arrested on charges of murder for 90 days.
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[2026-02-11 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal was informed yesterday that the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has withdrawn a controversial letter endorsing projects aimed at promoting and developing LGBTQ tourism in Sri Lanka.
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[2026-02-11 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A 17-year-old youth died from gunshot injuries in the head after Police opened fire at a van that allegedly failed to stop at Police checkpoints in the Jaffna islands area during the early hours of Tuesday.
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[2026-02-11 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Supreme Court has settled a protracted family property dispute by ruling that a mother is entitled to reclaim a property gifted to her daughter on the ground of gross ingratitude.
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[2026-02-11 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The case was filed at a time of rising concern that the China was seeking to influence local polls and install Beijing-friendly politicians
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[2026-02-11 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: वर्ष 2022 में जहां ऐसे हादसों में 1,856 लोगों की मौत हुई, वहीं 2023 में यह आंकड़ा बढ़ कर 2,161 तक पहुंच गया. यानी उस साल रोजाना औसतन छह लोगों की मौत हुई थी. उसके बाद का आंकड़ा फिलहाल उपलब्ध नहीं है.
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[2026-02-11 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More details are emerging daily from the January 30 release of more than three million pages of documents by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), exposing the extraordinary breadth of Jeffrey Epstein’s social and financial circle, which included some of the world’s most powerful people.
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[2026-02-11 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While deception cases accounted for nearly half of 89,137 crimes recorded in 2025, number was down by 2.9 per cent from 2024’s figure
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[2026-02-11 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Prosecutors at The Hague are seeking 45 years in prison for Hashim Thaci, accusing the former president of command responsibility for war crimes the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) committed during and immediately after the 1998-99 conflict that tore up Yugoslavia.
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[2026-02-10 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Critics of the former media boss’ sentencing should remember that he was not on trial for his beliefs, but rather for a clearly defined crime against national security
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[2026-02-10 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Bone fragments found during a private search for evidence relating to the disappearance of two girls in 1973 are "not human remains", according to police, who have issued a public warning against actions that create "false hope".
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[2026-02-10 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal, more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including President Donald Trump’s first term.
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[2026-02-10 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Philippine Supreme Court in a landmark decision has ruled that same-sex couples can be considered co-owners of property.
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