Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-15 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: During the talkback that followed the sneak peek screening of the new six-part limited series "Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence" on May 7 at Shangri-La Plaza Cinemas in Mandaluyong City, writer-director Shugo Praico and members of the cast spoke about how they prepared for their roles.
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[2026-05-15 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: "Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence," the upcoming prestige limited series from Rein Entertainment in collaboration with KC Global Media, drew strong reactions from members of the entertainment press at its first official pilot screening in Manila this week.
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[2026-05-15 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: With opioids heavily regulated in many wealthier countries, Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers are pushing hard into Africa and fuelling a growing epidemic.
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[2026-05-14 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing highlights the need for stable ties and peace, while Washington focuses on fentanyl and agricultural products
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[2026-05-14 23:10 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing highlights the need for stable ties and peace, while Washington focuses on fentanyl and agricultural products
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[2026-05-14 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese University of Hong Kong scientists call GLP-1 ‘superstar pathway in biological, medical and pharmaceutical fields’
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[2026-05-14 21:28 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese University of Hong Kong scientists call GLP-1 ‘superstar pathway in biological, medical and pharmaceutical fields’
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[2026-05-14 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officers stage ambush in Sai Kung and seize more than half tonne of cannabis in third-largest seizure of drug since 2020
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[2026-05-14 18:36 UTC+10:00] [Sai Kung] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officers stage ambush in Sai Kung and seize more than half tonne of cannabis in third-largest seizure of drug since 2020
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[2026-05-14 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Senator Bato Dela Rosa has reportedly slipped out of the Senate building early this morning. This was disclosed by a senator who requested anonymity. The senator says he received reliable information that Dela Rosa secretly left the Senate at about 2:30 a.m. The NBI is verifying this report. NBI Director Melvin Matibag says they may ask the Senate and also the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms whether Dela Rosa is no longer inside the Senate premises.
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[2026-05-14 15:33 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senator Ronald dela Rosa is wanted by the ICC for his alleged role in country’s deadly anti-drug crackdown that saw thousands killed
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[2026-05-14 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A woman who nearly died after injecting herself with a weight loss drug she had bought from a "friend of a friend" is warning others of the potential dangers of unregulated jabs.
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[2026-05-14 14:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A burst of gunfire rang out late Wednesday in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs.
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[2026-05-14 13:40 UTC+10:00] [Special Coverages] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, whom the International Criminal Court has tagged as a “suspect” over his alleged role in former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, has reportedly left the Senate following a gunfire incident Wednesday night.
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[2026-05-14 12:28 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s biotechnology sector is rapidly colliding with the explosive rise of artificial intelligence and Perth-based Syngenis Laboratories is aiming to plant itself right at the centre of the revolution.
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[2026-05-14 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered "Friends” star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-14 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-police chief, accused by the ICC of crimes in Duterte’s drug war, is evading arrest over the bloody campaign that killed thousands
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[2026-05-14 11:09 UTC+10:00] [International Criminal Court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-police chief, accused by the ICC of crimes in Duterte’s drug war, is evading arrest over the bloody campaign that killed thousands
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[2026-05-14 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A mother has been arrested in Florida, three months after her two young daughters allegedly drowned in Texas with cocaine in their systems, according to authorities.
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[2026-05-14 10:27 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Video shows journalists scrambling after gunshots were fired in the Philippine senate on Wednesday. The video from Philippines' TV5 shows a journalist on the phone, as gunshots are fired, causing panic among local media. The incident came as Ronald dela Rosa, the chief enforcer in former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody 'war on drugs', said on Facebook his arrest was imminent and urged people to mobilise to prevent his handover to the international criminal court.
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[2026-05-14 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Erik Fleming has been sentenced to serve a two-year term in jail. (AP: Caroline Brehman)
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[2026-05-14 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kouri Richins put five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in her spouse’s drink, then wrote a children’s book about grief after he died
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[2026-05-14 07:11 UTC+10:00] [Valentine's Day] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kouri Richins put five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in her spouse’s drink, then wrote a children’s book about grief after he died
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[2026-05-14 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Fresno was once declared “The City Addicted to Crystal Meth” in a 2009 documentary — but now, somehow, it’s landed on a new list of America’s best summer vacation destinations.
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[2026-05-14 06:25 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-14 06:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-14 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — The wide-ranging prosecution in the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry is coming to a close. Five people have pleaded guilty for various roles in supplying the actor with ketamine, the drug that killed him at age 54 in 2023. Four of them have been sentenced. The last person will be sentenced in the coming days.
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected a media report suggesting that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives from the United States directly participated in deadly operations targeting drug cartels on Mexican territory.
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[2026-05-14 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A man involved in the overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to two years in prison, US media report.
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[2026-05-14 04:19 UTC+10:00] [Matthew Perry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Erik Fleming was sentenced in Los Angeles court after previously pleading guilty over the Friends actor’s 2023 death
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[2026-05-14 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The drug addiction counselor who delivered fatal doses of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday over the beloved “Friends” star’s death.
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[2026-05-14 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released data showing that deaths from drug overdoses fell by nearly 14 percent in 2025, continuing a third consecutive year of decline.
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[2026-05-14 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At least a dozen gunshots rang out inside the Philippine Senate building in Manila earlier on Wednesday as police and marines moved to arrest Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs, a campaign that left more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers dead in operations.
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[2026-05-14 02:13 UTC+10:00] [US crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kouri Richins was convicted for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl
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[2026-05-14 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks while, from left, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, President Donald Trump, Joe Rogan and CEO of Americans for Ibogaine W. Bryan Hubbard listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington.
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[2026-05-14 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Doctors have described a new hypertension medication approved for use in the UAE as a “breakthrough” in treatment for the condition.
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[2026-05-14 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: You’ve heard of pseudoscience — but what about celebrity science?
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[2026-05-14 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-05-13 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered “Friends” star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump’s White House counterterrorism director Sebastian Gorka told The Post that he believes China intentionally flooded the United States with fentanyl in a present-day “Opium War” designed to weaken America through the “targeted killing” of its citizens.
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[2026-05-13 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Border Police forces on Monday located 18 drug greenhouses containing more than 10,000 cannabis plants and dozens of kilograms of material suspected to be marijuana in southern Israel.
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[2026-05-13 19:44 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Tension continues to build around Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa as he faces possible arrest over his alleged role in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.
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[2026-05-13 16:24 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It is nearly 10 years since the US president made a state visit to China, and Iran, Taiwan, trade, AI and drugs look set to dominate
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[2026-05-13 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Fentanyl] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US overdose deaths have plunged, but experts warn the ‘supply shock’ from Chinese precursors may only be a temporary fix
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[2026-05-13 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Matthew Perry poses for a portrait in New York on Feb. 17, 2015. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-05-13 11:49 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A man accused of ramming a synagogue’s gates and later referencing the Bondi shootings has been granted bail after a psychiatrist found his psychosis was linked to drug use.
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[2026-05-13 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-13 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: METiS TechBio debuts on Hong Kong stock market as its CEO compares the drug design start-up to SpaceX for the pharmaceutical industry
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[2026-05-13 11:30 UTC+10:00] [animal health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: METiS TechBio debuts on Hong Kong stock market as its CEO compares the drug design start-up to SpaceX for the pharmaceutical industry
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[2026-05-13 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hoards of junkies continue to line up for free needles — distributed out of a black Jeep circling MacArthur Park — less than a week after Mayor Karen Bass distanced herself from the program.
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