Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-06 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Novo Nordisk hiked annual profit guidance on Tuesday, as the pharmaceutical group revealed its blockbuster weight-loss drugs sold far more than expected in the first three months of the year.
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[2026-05-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ronald Dela Rosa has not reported for work since reports of him being targeted by the ICC as a co-perpetrator in Duterte’s deadly drug war
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[2026-05-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Baguio City] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ronald Dela Rosa has not reported for work since reports of him being targeted by the ICC as a co-perpetrator in Duterte’s deadly drug war
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[2026-05-06 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Manila city government said it would strengthen its licensing system for street vendors after a University of the Philippines Manila study found drug-resistant bacteria in juice stalls sold by vendors in Tondo.
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[2026-05-06 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. military says it’s launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. The attack on Monday killed two people.
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[2026-05-06 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration issued a dire warning to Americans regarding a deadly new drug surfacing in U.S. communities.
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[2026-05-06 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Manhattan man died of an apparent overdose after an ambulance failed to show up at his building for more than an hour, forcing frustrated cops to finally rush him to the hospital, to no avail, police and law-enforcement sources said.
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[2026-05-06 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building is seen behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md., Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-05-06 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The driver has been charged with failling to remain at the scene. (ABC News)
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Illegal Assets Investigation Division (IAID) of the Central Criminal Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has frozen assets valued at over Rs.40 million allegedly acquired through drug trafficking by an individual known as “Dubai Asitha”, the chief accomplice of large-scale drug trafficker Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne, alias “Panadura Kudu Salindu.”
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[2026-05-06 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military says it killed two people in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, bringing the death toll from the contentious campaign to at least 187.
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[2026-05-06 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A crime drama series centered on the Philippine drug war is set for release in 2026, with the show now in the final stages of post-production.
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[2026-05-06 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This surprising discovery may hold the key to calmer nerves.
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[2026-05-06 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a charter school in The Villages, Fla., Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-05-06 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a charter school in The Villages, Fla., Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-05-05 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
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[2026-05-05 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people Monday.
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[2026-05-05 17:19 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A police constable attached to the Peliyagoda Police Headquarters has been taken into custody by officers from the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption over claims that he solicited and accepted a bribe amounting to Rs. 200,000.
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[2026-05-05 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: While the doping-friendly event does not seem keen on journalistic interrogation, here’s what needs to be asked
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[2026-05-05 15:31 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When paramedics found Jonathan Crabtree, he had allegedly been dead for at least three hours.
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[2026-05-05 15:02 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Despite the Iran war, US military strikes in the eastern Pacific have ramped up in recent weeks
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[2026-05-05 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image from video provided by U.S. South Command, shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the U.S. military, killing two and injuring one, on Jan. 23, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command via AP, File)
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[2026-05-05 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
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[2026-05-05 11:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: VENTURA, California (AP) -- Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused her of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
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[2026-05-05 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Crime across borders: Southeast Asia cooperation essential to curb drug trafficking
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[2026-05-05 09:04 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Celebrity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ventura, California: Britney Spears has pleaded guilty through her lawyer to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused her of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
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