Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 11:58 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Swimming] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hunter Armstrong is a former 50-metre backstroke world record holder and an Olympic gold medallist.
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[2026-04-24 11:57 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-04-24 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The imprisoned Mexican Mafia kingpin accused of calling the shots for Southern California’s sprawling “gang of gangs” oversaw everything from drug dealing and kidnappings to murder from his cell nearly 200 miles away, federal prosecutors say.
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[2026-04-24 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Two people charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs are set to face court. (ABC Goulburn Murray: Philippe Perez)
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[2026-04-24 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chris Klomp, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, right, speaks as President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listen during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-24 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In the new French comedy Flunked, a small-time con artist is sent by a police detective to go undercover as a high school math teacher, in order to flush out the son of a drug and arms kingpin. But as soon as the con artist arrives at the school, things get complicated.
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[2026-04-24 07:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-04-24 06:54 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-24 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign reading Department of Justice is displayed at the FBI field office, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-04-24 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House's signature most-favored-nation drug pricing initiative.
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A game-changing discovery by Australian researchers into one of life’s most critical and abundant molecules could lead to treatments that regulate the body’s sugar more directly than drugs such as Ozempic.
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[2026-04-24 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug. (AP Production: Marissa Duhaney)
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[2026-04-24 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hezbollah runs financial operations across the European continent, including drug smuggling and blood diamond trading, Austria’s Documentation Center on Political Islam (DPI) revealed in its new report.
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[2026-04-24 03:42 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prosecutors say 43 people indicted on charges including murder, kidnapping, extortion and drug trafficking
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[2026-04-24 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has announced it will reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a step in line with a growing trend away from penalising its possession.
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[2026-04-24 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks during an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-24 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An electric new fan theory has entered the Bravosphere … and it’s not about the pasta.
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[2026-04-23 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It was all so cloak and dagger. The strictly enforced anonymity of a source, hidden behind a blacked out Zoom screen refusing to identify himself out of fear that he too could be targeted. But by whom exactly? The Mafia? Some drug cartel?
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[2026-04-23 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed orders Thursday reclassifying state-legal marijuana as a less-dangerous Schedule III drug — easing research into the plant’s medicinal properties after more than five decades.
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[2026-04-23 23:25 UTC+10:00] [Southeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-23 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The order is a major policy shift for the US government even as nearly all the states have approved cannabis use in some form
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[2026-04-23 23:24 UTC+10:00] [federal taxes] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The order is a major policy shift for the US government even as nearly all the states have approved cannabis use in some form
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[2026-04-23 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Pot stocks are moving higher in premarket trading in New York after the Justice Department and DEA announced that FDA-approved marijuana-based drugs and state-licensed medical marijuana products will be moved immediately from Schedule I to Schedule III. This is a major shift in how the federal government classifies these types of cannabis products.
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[2026-04-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Order to speed hallucinogen research hailed as ‘threshold moment’ but concerns remain over access and protections
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[2026-04-23 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US Department of Justice has officially reclassified how it views cannabis, a step marking a historic shift in the country's drug policy.
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[2026-04-23 22:44 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Marijuana had same classification as heroin, LSD and others before Trump signed an order to move it to schedule III
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[2026-04-23 22:07 UTC+10:00] [Rodrigo Duterte] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ICC judges say there are substantial grounds to believe Duterte guided anti-drugs crackdown that killed thousands
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[2026-04-23 21:17 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [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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[2026-04-23 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The International Criminal Court, or ICC, confirmed charges of crimes against humanity against former President Rodrigo Duterte. The court finds substantial grounds to believe he orchestrated an anti-drugs campaign that allegedly killed thousands of civilians. It ruled that Duterte bears individual criminal responsibility for murders and attempted murders allegedly committed between November 2011 and March 2019.
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[2026-04-23 20:25 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Police have seized $20 million worth of illicit drugs and arrested four south-east Queensland men following a major investigation into an organised crime syndicate with links across Australia.
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[2026-04-23 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office.
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[2026-04-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Documentary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The four-part docuseries Hulk Hogan: Real American shows the almighty rise and bleak fall of a one-time wrestling hero who became closer friends with Donald Trump
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[2026-04-23 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Roche reported falling sales in the first three months of the year, as the strength of the Swiss franc and generic competition for some of its older drugs weighed on the drugmaker.
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[2026-04-23 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Cocaine and cannabis are among drugs being readily offered for sale in High Street mini-marts, a BBC investigation has revealed.
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[2026-04-23 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Cocaine, cannabis, laughing gas and prescription pills are being offered for sale in mini-marts on UK High Streets, a BBC investigation can reveal.
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[2026-04-23 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Sheinbaum spars with Washington over the role of Americans in a Chihuahua anti-drug operation
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[2026-04-23 13:33 UTC+10:00] [CIA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Sheinbaum spars with Washington over the role of Americans in a Chihuahua anti-drug operation
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[2026-04-23 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's customs authorities said Thursday it seized more than 650 kilograms of illegal drugs coming from Cambodia and Thailand at the border in the first quarter, during joint crackdown operations with customs agencies of the two countries.
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[2026-04-23 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MEXICO CITY — Mexico's government and the White House sparred Wednesday over the death of two Americans in connection to an anti-drug raid, after US media reported the officials were CIA personnel.
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[2026-04-23 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mick Jagger’s love life has earned almost as much ink over the years as his music, and even allegedly included sex with his bandmate Keith Richards’ girlfriend Anita Pallenberg, according to a new book.
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[2026-04-23 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Rebels are one of five outlaw motorcycle gangs that currently have a presence in the NT, with two more waiting in the wings, according to police. (ABC News: Tristan Hooft)
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[2026-04-23 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Angulana Police said that a 22-year-old mother of one was arrested in the early hours of April 21 with 40 grams of heroin, valued at approximately Rs. 2 million.
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[2026-04-23 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A 70-year-old man has been jailed for at least four-and-a-half years for importing heroin into Australia. (Supplied: AFP)
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[2026-04-23 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Texas jury was shown a picture of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner smiling as a young boy — at just about the age of his victim — as the defense brought his drug-addicted mother to the stand.
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[2026-04-23 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
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[2026-04-23 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-04-23 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-04-22 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Filipino groups calling for accountability over the victims of the drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber rejecting all four appeals filed by the defense team.
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[2026-04-22 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN rights chief Turk said drug-related offences not involving loss of life did not meet the ‘most serious crimes’ standard by international law
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[2026-04-22 21:21 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN rights chief Turk said drug-related offences not involving loss of life did not meet the ‘most serious crimes’ standard by international law
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