Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-23 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Könnte es sein, dass die Vereinigten Staaten versuchen, den venezolanischen Staatschef Nicolas Maduro zu stürzen? Wenn man einem kürzlich in Vanity Fair veröffentlichten Interview Glauben schenken darf, lautet die Antwort: ja.
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[2025-12-22 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 42-year-old still faces a drug possession charge and remains under investigation following the death of a Taiwanese influencer
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[2025-12-22 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police will be questioning and testing the injured driver, who was a substitute, for drugs
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[2025-12-22 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Elpitiya Divisional Anti-Corruption Unit seized a stock of ‘Ice’ (crystal methamphetamine) valued at over Rs.90 million yesterday (21) morning, which was hidden in a house in the Third Mile Post area of Karandeniya. The Elpitiya Anti-Corruption Unit stated that initial Police investigations have revealed the drugs were being prepared for sale in smaller quantities.
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[2025-12-22 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Formal designation in new executive order ‘not necessarily bad’ for Beijing amid cooperation with Washington on drug issues, analysts say
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[2025-12-21 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Police have uncovered a cache of ice (crystal methamphetamine) concealed inside a house in the 3rd Mile Post area within the Karandeniya Police Division.
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[2025-12-20 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sampath Manamperi who is in the custody of the Western North Crimes Division on charges of possessing a stock of chemicals used to manufacture the drug Ice and weapons, has been produced before the Walasmulla Magistrate’s Court. The magistrate ordered that the suspect be further detained at the Western North Crimes Division.
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[2025-12-20 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Wrapped in a flashy fur coat she’d found at a thrift store for the occasion, Hannah Goetz blew out the candles on her favorite red velvet cheesecake. It was her 21st birthday. The celebration with her family that evening in February 2023 was a milestone not just for her age, but because she was alive.
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[2025-12-19 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Invention Index, a new gauge, highlights top drug makers on the mainland for the first time
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[2025-12-19 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: To understand how risky drugs could end up in your medicine cabinet, ProPublica spent more than a year and a half investigating the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of the foreign factories that make generic medications and have been cited for violating critical quality standards.
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[2025-12-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: France are next on the list in 2024, with Italy third, followed by Russia and the United States, and then Germany and China
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[2025-12-18 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has issued a decree classifying fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction" — a radical political term for a substance that has been silently killing people in large numbers for decades. "No bomb does what this is doing," Trump announced. He claimed that at least 200,000 to 300,000 people a year were dying as a result of using fentanyl.
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[2025-12-18 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Health Services Director General Dr. Asela Gunawardena stated that Health authorities have launched investigations into two deaths reported at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), and stressed that it has not yet been conclusively established that the incidents were caused by the drug Ondansetron.
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[2025-12-17 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: US-Präsident Donald Trump hat Fentanyl per Dekret zur "Massenvernichtungswaffe" erklärt – ein politisch drastischer Begriff für eine Substanz, die längst ein stilles Massensterben auslöst. "Keine Bombe hat eine solche Wirkung", so Trump, der die Zahl der Toten auf zwischen 200.000 und 300.000 pro Jahr schätzte.
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[2025-12-17 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mast cell platform can expand to carry other payloads, such as molecules, viruses, proteins and drug-loaded nanoparticles
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[2025-12-17 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New insurance formulary trims costs of Alzheimer’s and cancer therapies and marks a small win for global novel drug makers
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[2025-12-17 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s 221st order designated fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, joining others on AI and fighting ‘woke’ culture
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[2025-12-17 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Health Deputy Minister Dr. Hansaka Wijemuni said that an investigation is underway into the anaesthetic drug Ondansetron, following the deaths of two patients and complications in several others who received it.
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[2025-12-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At least eight people have been killed in a U.S. military strike on three alleged drug trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean Monday.
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[2025-12-17 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The United States on Tuesday designated Colombia's largest armed drug-trafficking group, "Clan del Golfo," as a terrorist organization.
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[2025-12-16 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Underwater robots help detect 417kg of suspected cocaine wrapped in 11 waterproof packages concealed behind grate of sea chest
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[2025-12-16 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police say 23-year-old driver failed a rapid drug test after reportedly driving erratically in Kai Tak with a pupil on board
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[2025-12-16 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Singapore’s High Court rejects first constitutional challenge in 15 years to decades-old law as executions rise; activists may appeal
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[2025-12-16 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese authorities uncovered the drug in an international container at the Yantian port in Shenzhen, according to CCTV
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[2025-12-16 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-16 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president dramatically escalates his fight against the drug by signing an executive order and warning against the ‘scourge’ of fentanyl
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Officers from the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested one of Sri Lanka’s main drug traffickers, who had concealed a consignment of the narcotic kush valued at Rs. 216,680,000 in his home.
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[2025-12-15 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A major drug trafficker who allegedly imported a stock of “Kush” valued at Rs. 216.68 million from Bangkok, Thailand, has been arrested following a prolonged surveillance operation by the Katunayake Airport Police Narcotics Bureau last night (14).
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[2025-12-15 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested a Sri Lankan passenger early yesterday (14) while he was attempting to smuggle a consignment of 2 kilograms and 308 grams of heroin valued at Rs.69,240,000 out of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). The suspect is a 28-year-old telephone repairman from the Hewadiwela area in Rambukkana.
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[2025-12-12 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The Food and Drug Administration rarely uses its authority to pull dangerous medical devices off the market and is so poorly staffed that it’s sometimes unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
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[2025-12-11 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Western Province South Crime Division arrested five individuals yesterday (10), including a former army soldier who had been released on bail just 20 days ago after serving time for a previous murder. Authorities seized a motorcycle, three fake number plates, four mobile phones, and 15 grams of heroin during the operation.
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[2025-12-11 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Steps have already been taken to recruit 50 officers on a contract basis to the Government Analyst’s Department to fill the existing vacancies to provide analyst reports on drugs using a rapid technical methodology due to the increase in the number of people being imprisoned, Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said.
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[2025-12-10 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US State Department is ditching Calibri font, to restore ‘decorum and professionalism’
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[2025-12-10 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Marking the proud occasion of the Sri Lanka Navy’s 75th anniversary, the ceremonial occupation of the Navy Headquarters (Block No. 3) at the Defence Headquarters Complex (DHQC) in Akuregoda was held yesterday (9). Deputy Defence Minister Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) was present at the invitation of Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda.
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[2025-12-09 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bi Jingquan, who received an international award for promoting innovation, has also been removed from public office over corruption charges
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[2025-12-09 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "Zero tolerance in the fight against corruption and drug trafficking is our top priority," declared Guinea-Bissau's Interim President General Horta Inta-A upon taking office following a military coup that suspended the constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau.
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[2025-12-07 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: New data on opium and methamphetamine production in Myanmar from the United Nations puts the war-torn country at the epicenter of Asia's multi-billion-dollar illicit drug trade.
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[2025-12-07 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s policy of sinking boats and killing alleged drug-runners has led to serious debate in Congress
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[2025-12-07 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ho Chi Minh City’s police have found a way to wrap dry state messaging in viral humour, mirroring China’s digital playbook
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[2025-12-07 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy head of the Taliban-led regime in Kabul, recently announced a complete import ban on Pakistani medicines into Afghanistan.
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[2025-12-07 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Man, 55, and woman, 49, stopped in Cheung Sha Wan with officers seizing cartridges and packets of suspected etomidate and methamphetamine
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[2025-12-06 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – In September 21, when the International Criminal Court (ICC) pre-trial chamber authorized the investigation into the Philippine drug war, it referred to what the prosecutor called an “emblematic” case of an alleged state policy to kill.
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[2025-12-06 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-05 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The United States military said it killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, part of a campaign that has killed at least 87 people.
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[2025-12-05 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Admiral Frank Bradley briefs US lawmakers on the September 2 Caribbean attack that did not initially kill all on an alleged drug boat
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[2025-12-05 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Like China, India has a large pharmaceutical sector that provides precursor chemicals. But it lacks China’s drug policy control
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[2025-12-05 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-04 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Confucian trained ‘Wen Dao’ weighs potential societal costs of rule that seals records of convicted drug users
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[2025-12-04 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Phone call occurred amid a massive US military build-up in the region and deadly strikes on alleged drug vessels
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[2025-12-04 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK
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