Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-11 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: James Blee is accused of helping his father attempt to import a large quantity of cocaine into Australia. (Facebook)
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[2026-05-11 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Fentanyl] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nearly a decade after his first-term visit, Trump returns to Beijing amid tensions over tariffs, Taiwan and tech rivalry
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[2026-05-10 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The former head of the Philippine National Police force will be summoned as part of a new investigation into alleged extrajudicial killings during anti-drug crackdowns ordered by ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, Interior Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla Jr. said Sunday.
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[2026-05-10 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Pankhuri Pareek is one of an increasing number of Indian women prescribed Mounjaro to lose weight. (Supplied: Pankhuri Pareek)
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[2026-05-10 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A shop in downtown San Francisco has been accused of selling meth, drug paraphernalia and illegal tobacco products and is facing closure as the city deals with a drug epidemic.
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[2026-05-09 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman on Saturday thanked former president Rodrigo Duterte and his supporters as the International Criminal Court considers his request to withdraw from the former leader’s defense team in the crimes against humanity case linked to the Philippines’ war on drugs.
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[2026-05-09 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s decisions have hurt staff morale and put his job in crosshairs
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[2026-05-09 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Novo Nordisk’s oral versions of its blockbuster weight-loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, are now available for same-day delivery on Amazon.
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[2026-05-09 12:08 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: More than 190 people have been killed in such strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific
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[2026-05-09 11:45 UTC+10:00] [United States Defense and Military Forces] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The U.S. military on Friday conducted its third boat strike in five days against a vessel it accused of smuggling drugs, killing two and leaving one survivor at large in the eastern Pacific, U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post.
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[2026-05-09 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-05-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: From Bill Dubuque, creator of Ozark, M.I.A. hits Peacock with all eight of its episodes at once. Shannon Gisela stars as Etta, smart, resourceful, and college-bound, who’s also a little spontaneous: maybe she’d like to stay in South Florida and work for the family business, which includes a bustling marina, tourist trawls, fishing charters, and…another, hidden revenue stream.
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[2026-05-09 03:25 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Federal and local lawmakers in Puerto Rico, as well as civil rights and advocacy organizations, have called for investigations after ProPublica reported how a federal probe into a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections.
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[2026-05-09 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman landed a tryout with Victoria’s Secret after she received a 20-month suspension on April 29 by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing drug tests.
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[2026-05-09 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A drug dealer has been jailed for more than 16 years after being caught with more than £1.6m in cash, most of which was stashed in secret compartments at a Bradford property.
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[2026-05-09 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — The provincial government of Iloilo is stepping up its campaign against illegal drugs through a newly approved ordinance that grants cash rewards to individuals whose information leads to the arrest and filing of cases against suspected drug personalities.
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[2026-05-09 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Willy Wonka’s Violet Beauregarde could start a support group.
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[2026-05-08 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: US rapper Kodak Black was arrested this week on a drug trafficking charge in central Florida in his latest run-in with law enforcement.
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[2026-05-08 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked studies demonstrating the safety of several vaccines, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services who confirmed the report.
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[2026-05-08 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The teenagers will spend time behind bars for their role in the importation scheme. (ABC News: Nickoles Coleman)
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[2026-05-08 13:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Amplia Therapeutics is aggressively broadening its clinical reach, unveiling a major new collaboration to throw its lead drug candidate, narmafotinib, into the ring against ovarian cancer.
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[2026-05-08 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man holding a pipe stands hunched over at MacArthur Park after federal authorities made arrests on charges related to selling illicit drugs on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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[2026-05-08 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Karen Bass is to blame for turning MacArthur Park into a “drug haven” through a city-funded program handing out needles and pipes, according to a prominent local who praised the FBI for finally raiding the park.
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[2026-05-08 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An LA man faces labor trafficking charges after allegedly grooming a vulnerable 14-year-old, forcing him to photograph hundreds of clothes, drugging him with Adderall and abandoning him on a freeway.
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[2026-05-08 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kodak Black arrives at the American Music Awards on Nov. 20, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-05-08 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Non-attachment and the middle way are central to Buddhist philosophy and are considered essential for achieving enlightenment. Individuals can cultivate inner peace, wisdom, patience and compassion by practicing non-attachment and following the middle way (middle-path).All the problems of human society- war, crime, drug addiction, poverty, injustice and disharmony within families, are the result of self-cherishing.
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[2026-05-08 05:36 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: ◆ President instructs officials to expedite legal amendments, rehabilitation measures and anti-drug operations, and destroy seized narcotics.
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[2026-05-08 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There’s something to be said about the use of restraint in a crime drama. Less chases and gunfights, a script not trying so hard to be funny… it all adds up to a show that demands attention, like the new Netflix series Legends.
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[2026-05-08 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A panoply of critics is trying to take down Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Marty Makary — sensing blood in the water after President Trump forced him to approve flavored e-cigarettes with new “age gate” ID-verifying technology.
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[2026-05-07 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kodak Black has been arrested in Florida for alleged drug trafficking.
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[2026-05-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Drew Johnson via PJMedia.com,
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[2026-05-07 17:01 UTC+10:00] [Television] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This astounding true story, written by Neil Forsyth, asks the question: what if the A-Team was comprised entirely of disgruntled customs officers?
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[2026-05-07 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mark Ludbrook will be eligible for parole in 2038. (AAP: Con Chronis)
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[2026-05-07 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has signed a new US national counterterrorism strategy that describes Western Europe as both a target and an “incubator of terror threats,” while also singling out drug cartels and violent left-wing extremists as major dangers to America.
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[2026-05-07 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has signed a new national counterterrorism strategy that describes Europe as both a target and “incubator of terror threats,” while also singling out drug cartels and violent left-wing extremists as major dangers to America.
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[2026-05-07 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Today’s Operation Free MacArthur Park dismantled a massive fentanyl ring feeding LA’s most notorious open-air drug market.
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[2026-05-07 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Today’s Operation Free MacArthur Park dismantled a massive fentanyl ring feeding LA’s most notorious open-air drug market.
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[2026-05-07 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Saudi Arabia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Regime, which executed 243 people last year for drug offences, accused of investing in entertainment to whitewash its human rights record
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[2026-05-07 11:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An accused narco queen and her boyfriend were the alleged masterminds behind a drug ring that funneled fentanyl and methamphetamine into crime-ridden MacArthur Park, bombshell charges revealed.
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[2026-05-07 10:55 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka, and places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism efforts
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[2026-05-07 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents alongside other law enforcement officers work the scene near MacArthur Park after federal authorities made arrests on charges related to selling illicit drugs on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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[2026-05-07 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the marketing of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes, marking the first time it has authorized fruit-flavored vaping products.
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[2026-05-07 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A suspected stash house in South Los Angeles run by gang members accused of deadly drug dealing at notoriously MacArthur Park was swarmed Wednesday morning by federal agents — who caught their targets allegedly trying to flush fentanyl down the toilet.
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[2026-05-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men.
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[2026-05-07 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sebastian Gorka listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-05-07 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Medical innovation has really give people a shot at better heart health.
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[2026-05-06 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hospital Authority says it began subsidising Dasatinib in April, with patients previously paying up to HK$500,000 annually for treatment
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[2026-05-06 20:34 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hospital Authority says it began subsidising Dasatinib in April, with patients previously paying up to HK$500,000 annually for treatment
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[2026-05-06 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift that comes after months of appeals to President Donald Trump from the vaping industry.
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[2026-05-06 16:26 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An emergency department nurse working in one of Perth’s metropolitan hospitals has been sacked and had her nursing registration cancelled after she was found to have been high on meth and cannabis three times while working.
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