Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-04 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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[2026-04-04 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The recent Netflix documentary UNTOLD: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom chronicles Lamar Odom’s rise to basketball stardom, marriage to Khloe Kardashian, and battle with drug addiction. Featuring interviews with Odom, his ex-wife Khloe Kardashian, Ron Artest, and Odom’s children, the doc recounts Odom’s 2015 drug overdose at a brothel in Nevada that put the basketball star in a coma for three days.
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[2026-04-04 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: (UPDATE) THE Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Thursday that it will issue its judgment on April 22 on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
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[2026-04-04 00:45 UTC+10:00] [Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Suspected ketamine, cocaine and ‘Ice’ seized in two separate operations, department says
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[2026-04-03 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Rowan Athletics sign is displayed, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, on Rowan University campus in Glassboro, N.J. (AP Photo/Dan Gelston)
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[2026-04-03 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Health Care] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Just under three years ago, the Food and Drug Administration deemed 19 peptide drugs too unsafe to be dispensed by compounding pharmacies, which mix components of approved drugs to create bespoke medication for people who have trouble taking commonly available products.
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[2026-04-03 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: UIJEONGBU, South Korea, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Police said Friday they have referred a notorious drug smuggler repatriated from the Philippines to the prosecution for allegedly trafficking over 10 billion won (US$6.6 million) worth of illegal drugs.
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[2026-04-03 16:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Trade Minister Don Farrell has vowed to fight the 100 per cent tariffs slapped on Australian-made pharmaceuticals by the Trump administration, as Health Minister Mark Butler promised to protect the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from attacks by US lawmakers.
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[2026-04-03 15:49 UTC+10:00] [death penalty] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ani Anggraeni spent nearly 15 years in prison for drug trafficking before her death sentence was commuted and she was later pardoned
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[2026-04-03 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Kuomintang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the chairwoman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party’s trip to the mainland, and the approach to treating drug abuse in Hong Kong
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[2026-04-03 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Police discovered several packs of cocaine worth an estimated $1 million hidden in a car’s floorboards during a traffic stop in Merced.
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[2026-04-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It’s hard not to lean into the easy comparison with this dramedy about a regular guy drawn to a life of crime in middle age: it is indeed Breaking Bad with better, or at least more expensive, clothes and drugs. But in its second season, hedge fund manager-turned burglar Andrew Cooper (Jon Hamm) is much more interested in breaking good.
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[2026-04-03 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Trump signed the executive order overnight which imposes a 100 per cent tariff on some foreign-made pharmaceutical drugs. Source: Bloomberg / Chris Kleponis
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[2026-04-03 10:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An alleged drug trafficker who amassed enough fentanyl “to kill millions” was indicted on Long Island Thursday, the district attorney announced while revealing the jaw-dropping $360,000 cache.
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[2026-04-03 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could slap long-threatened tariffs of up to 100 percent on some patented drugs if pharmaceutical companies don’t reach deals with his administration in the coming months.
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[2026-04-03 09:24 UTC+10:00] [Tariffs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Health minister Mark Butler says federal government is ‘not negotiating’ when it comes to removing price protections on common medications
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[2026-04-03 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-03 08:33 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New tax will hit branded drugs and active ingredients while exempting generics for at least one year
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[2026-04-03 07:20 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has imposed a 100 per cent tariff on some pharmaceuticals manufactured outside the US, potentially a heavy blow for one of Australia's biggest exports to the country.Trump signed the order overnight, but it won't take effect for some months.The forthcoming tariff will apply to imports of patented drugs and their active ingredients, in an effort to pressure foreign manufacturers to move their production to the US and negotiate agreements to sell their medicines directly to Americans.LIVE UPDATES:
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[2026-04-03 07:18 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The Trump administration is imposing a 100 per cent tariff on imports of patented drugs, with Australian-made pharmaceuticals subject to the highest possible rate despite carve-outs for other countries.
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[2026-04-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Cabinet has approved a draft Bill aimed at dismantling criminal gangs, drug trafficking networks and their financial bases, according to our front-page report of yesterday’s edition. The legislation is also aimed at closing legal loopholes and facilitating the forfeiture of assets acquired through illegal means, among other matters. The Legal Draftsman is to be instructed to prepare the new draft Bill on the prevention of organized crime in Sri Lanka, the report further adds.
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[2026-04-03 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Much to the relief of the needle-shy, the FDA has just approved a second oral GLP-1 drug, following the release of the semaglutide Wegovy pill in January.
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[2026-04-03 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration is preparing to impose new tariffs on branded drugs from pharmaceutical companies that have not struck landmark deals with the president to lower their U.S. drug prices, CNBC has learned.
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[2026-04-03 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: When three college outcasts take an experimental drug and find themselves high out of their minds, they have to face their toughest challenge of all: going down three flights of stairs to pick up a pizza.
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[2026-04-02 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)
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[2026-04-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The southern Africa country has the world’s highest prevalence of HIV but the amount of lenacapavir reaching it is too small to reach all those at risk
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[2026-04-02 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Officials in Philadelphia have dismantled a massive drug ring operating out of a sham coffee shop, run largely by longtime, senior figures in the criminal world, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Sunday.
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[2026-04-02 16:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG Chem has doubled down on developing an innovative cancer treatment by zeroing in on undruggable targets through a license-in agreement with Frontier Medicines, a United States-based biotechnology company.
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[2026-04-02 11:55 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian tech health providers say they are eager to sell an oral pill version of an Ozempic-style weight loss drug if it is approved for local use, after US authorities approved a new formulation overnight.
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[2026-04-02 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke is in legal trouble after he was arrested on drug charges in Arkansas on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-02 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke (15) shoots a free throw during an NBA Cup basketball game against the Denver Nuggets, Nov. 19, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)
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[2026-04-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The new Hulu series Dear Killer Nannies is about the life of Juan Pablo Escobar, the son of notorious Medellin cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar. What’s unusual about the show is that it’s not only told from his perspective, but Juan Pablo himself narrates the scripted story.
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[2026-04-02 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday recovered over 300 kilogrammes of heroin worth over Rs. 6 billion from a multi-day fishing trawler that was intercepted and escorted to the Dikowita Fisheries Harbour.
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[2026-04-02 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the preparation of a draft Bill for the Prevention of Organised Crime, designed to dismantle criminal gangs, drug trafficking networks, and their financial bases.
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[2026-04-02 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Eli Lilly opposes the White House's push to codify "most favored nation" drug pricing into law, CEO Dave Ricks said in an interview with CNBC.
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[2026-04-02 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The latest experimental GLP-1 from Eli Lilly isn’t just a diabetes drug — it also facilitates weight loss.
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[2026-04-02 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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[2026-04-02 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly's GLP-1 pill, the company said, a major milestone for the Indianapolis-based drugmaker and one that will test the market for new weight-loss medications.
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[2026-04-01 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Novo Nordisk rose as much as 4% after England's drug price regulator recommended the use of its best-selling drug Wegovy to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
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[2026-04-01 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Television & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This isn’t just a retelling of the infamous drug lord’s life. His son shares a traumatic coming-of-age story plagued by chaos and violence – and it is like being in The Sopranos
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[2026-04-01 16:50 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-01 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Pennsylvania man faces up to 100 years behind bars for brutally beating a police informant, pumping him full of fentanyl, and then hurling his body off a bridge.
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[2026-04-01 15:42 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-04-01 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: More than 400 people attended a vigil in Mullumbimby in September 2024 to honour Ashleigh Grice. (ABC News: Elloise Farrow-Smith)
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[2026-04-01 15:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Biopharmaceuticals announced that it submitted a new drug application to the US Food and Drug Administration for the oral suspension formulation of its epilepsy drug Cenobamate.
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[2026-04-01 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran said a US-Israeli strike on a pharmaceutical facility in Tehran has dealt a “significant blow to the national medical supply chain,” after the site’s production units were destroyed.
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[2026-04-01 12:38 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Bunbury grandfather and businessman has been found guilty of smuggling heroin into Australia after a trial in Sydney heard how he was promised over $18 million to transport a camp bed into the country that was stuffed full of drugs.
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[2026-04-01 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Steven Lyons is wanted in Spain and Britain in connection with organised crime, drug trafficking and money laundering
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[2026-04-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-01 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Kotadeniyawa Police arrested drug trafficker known by the alias ‘Sudu Aiyya’, who allegedly operated a sophisticated drug distribution network using mobile phone ‘magic voice’ technology to disguise his identity. Along with the primary suspect, police apprehended two accomplices and 14 individuals who had arrived to purchase narcotics.
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