Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-19 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A fresh batch of images from the estate of the late sex offenderJeffrey Epstein was made public on Thursday, one day ahead of a deadline by which the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is legally required to release the "Epstein files."
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[2025-12-19 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Customs says officers raided eight properties across city, seizing HK$240,000 worth of karaoke equipment in copyright crackdown
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[2025-12-19 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-19 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A man suspected of killing two people and wounding nine others at Brown University last weekend has been found dead in a storage facility in the state of New Hampshire, authorities said late Thursday.
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[2025-12-19 14:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Dubai police on Thursday urged residents to stay indoors unless it was “absolutely necessary” as heavy rainfall was expected in the desert country which saw record downpours last year.
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[2025-12-19 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Australian government has announced a gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack – its deadliest mass shooting in decades.
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[2025-12-19 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police say taxi was travelling along Caine Road when it hit 68-year-old woman, who sustained multiple injuries and later died in hospital
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[2025-12-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The changes target high-stakes national security cases amid mounting criticism over delays and alleged bias
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[2025-12-19 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pledges to toughen laws against hate speech and on gun ownership are welcome as Australia reels from the horrifying violence
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[2025-12-19 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Portuguese national suspect took his own life as investigators reveal a years-old academic connection to a slain MIT scientist
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[2025-12-19 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The nation’s largest organization for medical examiners has issued a warning about a controversial, centuries-old forensic test that has contributed to cases in which pregnant women have been charged with murder.
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[2025-12-19 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: This article reviews an appeal filed in the Supreme Court against an order of the Commercial High Court of the Western Province. The High Court’s order, delivered in October 2010, refused to vacate an ex-parte judgment entered against the Defendant-Petitioner-Appellant, Kala Traders (Pvt.) Ltd., in default, as per Section 86(2) of the Civil Procedure Code.
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[2025-12-19 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Police Media Division stated yesterday (18) that IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya has directed the Police Special Investigation Division to initiate a preliminary investigation against the senior police officers who have allegedly neglected their duties in their investigation into the accident involving the collision of NPP Parliamentarian Ashoka Ranwala’s jeep with a car and a motorcycle, in Sapugaskanda on December 11.
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[2025-12-19 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An attorney-at-law was yesterday discharged subject to a formal warning after pleading guilty to an act of professional misconduct, with the Court cautioning him to exercise greater diligence in the future to avoid any conduct that may compromise the integrity of the profession or the administration of justice.
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[2025-12-19 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Support to Justice Sector Project known as the EU- Sri Lanka Justice Reform Programme (JURE) handed over 24 Laptops to the Justice and National Integration Ministry to ensure smooth functioning of Courts and Prisons after Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-19 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Three suspects have been remanded in custody in connection with the incident in which a wild elephant was set on fire and tortured, resulting in its death, in the Seeppukulam area of the Mihintale Police division.
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[2025-12-19 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Civil Appellate High Court (CAHC) of the Western Province on December 11, refused to issue ‘Leave to Appeal’ and Interim Orders against the Pentara Residencies project in Thummulla, Colombo.
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[2025-12-19 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The proposed law could see the ex-president spend just over two years behind bars for an attempted coup
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[2025-12-19 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Business jet erupted into flames when it hit the ground while trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, North Carolina
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[2025-12-19 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday found that Denmark's so-called "ghetto law" could be discriminatory, but said that the country's own courts need to decide if it goes too far.
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[2025-12-19 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ana Walshe – a mother of three – disappeared nearly three years ago, and her body has never been found
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[2025-12-19 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Police have issued a special public notice warning against the misuse of the 119 police emergency hotline and urging the public to use the appropriate short telephone numbers for other essential services.
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[2025-12-19 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2025-12-19 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US government admits ‘breach of care’ as DOJ cites Army and FAA errors in January crash that killed 67 near Ronald Reagan airport in Washington
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[2025-12-19 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Outage also leaves some stuck in lifts at shopping centre and university campus, while police get report of traffic lights malfunctioning
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[2025-12-19 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-18 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo High Court has ruled that the decision of the former Colombo Chief Magistrate to dismiss a private complaint against Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was then Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) in charge of the Western Province, was unlawful.
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[2025-12-18 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet also says association will propose that key construction safety guidelines become legally binding
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[2025-12-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Abdul Samad, a member of the Lankaapura Pradeshiya Sabha representing the Sarva Jana Balaya, has been remanded until December 29 over a murder investigation. The Polonnaruwa Magistrate’s Court issued the order yesterday (17) after Samad appeared in court.
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[2025-12-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawyers for US newspaper claim ex-employee Selina Cheng is taking legal action only after her ‘extortionate’ demand for HK$3 million was rejected
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[2025-12-18 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cho Ji-ho was removed for sending officers to disrupt parliament and undermine the election commission’s independence, the Constitutional Court ruled
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[2025-12-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday promised to introduce measures aimed at banishing what he called "the evil scourge" of antisemitism from his country.
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[2025-12-18 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo High Court today (18) ordered that the case filed against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa in connection with the controversial Krrish project be recalled on February 16, 2026.
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[2025-12-18 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Desi Widiana, one of nine Indonesian helpers killed in the Tai Po fire, was found huddled together with her elderly ward
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[2025-12-18 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-18 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Police have revealed that several officers failed to carry out their duties appropriately following a road accident involving former Speaker and National People’s Power (NPP) Gampaha District MP Asoka Ranwala.
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[2025-12-18 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-18 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi Beach that targeted a Jewish festival.
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[2025-12-18 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Three individuals have been arrested in connection with the alleged torture of a wild elephant that was set on fire in Seeppukulam, within the Mihinthale Police Division, police said.
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[2025-12-18 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Four knife-wielding men stole Japanese currency worth nearly HK$50 million before fleeing scene, police say
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[2025-12-18 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Albanese vowed to fight the ‘evil scourge’ of division and outlined measures to punish preachers stoking violence
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[2025-12-18 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Catastrophic fires in other places offer lessons in the administration of justice, but Hongkongers’ care and resilience will carry them through
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[2025-12-18 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Security Adviser Ano denied the alleged gunmen who killed 15 people in Sydney received military training in Davao
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[2025-12-18 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The hunt has stretched into its fifth day, after a man with a rifle burst into a campus building and killed two students
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[2025-12-18 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have hit a historic low in recent months, after deadly cross-border clashes that left dozens of people killed.
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[2025-12-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Natural disasters are a fact of life in Sri Lanka. Every year, monsoon floods wash away homes, landslides bury villages in the hill country, and coastal areas live in fear of another tsunami like 2004. We remember tragedies like the Meethotamulla garbage dump collapse and the Aranayake landslides that killed dozens.
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[2025-12-18 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Around 30 passengers were yesterday morning saved by the Police after the bus they were travelling in got caught in the middle of a fierce fight between two elephants in Herathmillewa, Kebithigollewa.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, according to the New South Wales Police.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Chile has become the latest South American nation to move to the Right of the political spectrum, after Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Bolivia. Only Brazil and Mexico have bucked the trend in recent times, with Brazil’s former Right-Wing President Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to jail for inciting a rebellion to overthrow the legitimately elected Leftist Government of President Lula Da Silva.
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