Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-29 05:51 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rival groups are vying for territorial control of strategic cocaine production and trafficking region
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[2026-05-29 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A new state policy that bans prison inmates from receiving hardback books and used books will curb contrabands that enter into facilities, according to state officials, but advocates and some inmates say the latest policy significantly expands the thousands of books already banned from prisoners.
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[2026-05-29 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-29 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-28 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: CVS Health on Thursday said it will restore coverage of Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight loss injection Zepbound and start covering its new obesity pill on its standard drug plans – a win for the drugmaker and certain patients who will be able to access more treatment options.
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[2026-05-28 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move is estimated to cost the state around €100 million (US$116 million) annually at full roll-out
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[2026-05-28 20:34 UTC+10:00] [European Medicines Agency] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move is estimated to cost the state around €100 million (US$116 million) annually at full roll-out
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[2026-05-28 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa's border police stopped a truck from Malawi that was driving into the country with drugs worth nearly one billion rand ($61 million), authorities said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 19:05 UTC+10:00] [Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tribunal decision on Geoffrey Dalton comes as advocacy group releases data showing 30 greyhounds have died at or after Victorian races this year
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[2026-05-28 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This 1981 electron microscope image made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows hepatitis B virus particles, indicated in orange. (Dr. Erskine Palmer/CDC via AP, File)
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[2026-05-28 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-28 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Madeleine Stuchbery
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[2026-05-28 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the “Friends” actor’s descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with a fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison, bringing an end to the legal saga surrounding the death of one of the biggest TV stars of his generation.
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[2026-05-28 13:03 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Police have dismantled what they say is the Australian operation of the so-called Coconut Cartel, a gang locked in a months-long feud with the Alameddine crime family over control of Sydney’s illicit drug market, after seizing almost 400 kilograms of methamphetamine and arresting its alleged onshore leader.
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[2026-05-28 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seen, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-28 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. authorities say they stopped a major cocaine shipment allegedly tied to a Mexican cartel after an oil tanker traveling from Ecuador was intercepted near Southern California, according to KTLA5.
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[2026-05-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has seized 1.1 kilograms of illegal drugs since launching a tighter surveillance program on international mail two months ago, the customs agency said Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 10:18 UTC+10:00] [Explainers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-28 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kenneth Iwamasa, one of five people who pleaded guilty in the ketamine overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, leaves federal court after his sentencing in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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[2026-05-28 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The former personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison in connection with the television star’s death from a fatal dose of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine.
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[2026-05-28 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After injecting the drug, Kenneth Iwamasa left to run errands and then returned to find the Friends star dead in the hot tub
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[2026-05-28 05:42 UTC+10:00] [Jasveen Sangha] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After injecting the drug, Kenneth Iwamasa left to run errands and then returned to find the Friends star dead in the hot tub
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[2026-05-28 05:13 UTC+10:00] [Matthew Perry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kenneth Iwamasa pleaded guilty over role in Friends actor’s death from drug overdose in 2023
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[2026-05-28 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-28 01:07 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-05-28 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI platform that can screen vast library of chemical compounds opens up new frontiers in fight against cancer and infectious diseases
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[2026-05-28 00:00 UTC+10:00] [National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI platform that can screen vast library of chemical compounds opens up new frontiers in fight against cancer and infectious diseases
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[2026-05-27 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANGKOK — A viral image of Thai policemen wearing colourful, sparkly dresses for a drug-smuggling raid was generated with AI, the police officer responsible said.
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[2026-05-27 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte takes oath during a senate inquiry on the so-called war on drugs during his administration at the Philippine Senate, on Oct. 28, 2024, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
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[2026-05-27 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic firms dominate China’s drug approvals amid jump in spending and out-licensing deals as regulator speeds path to market
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[2026-05-27 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Morrison Foerster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic firms dominate China’s drug approvals amid jump in spending and out-licensing deals as regulator speeds path to market
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[2026-05-27 21:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: From left, Al Fuertes, Carlos Conde, Raquel Barros del Rosario-Fortun, Cardinal Pablo Ambo David, Raul Pangalangan and Fr. Daniel Franklin E. Pilario, light candles at a news conference to launch a fact-finding body to document details of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drugs crackdown that can be used by the government to prosecute law enforcers in Manila, Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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[2026-05-27 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Matthew Perry poses for a portrait in New York on Feb. 17, 2015. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-05-27 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seen, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-27 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 27 May 2026 at 7:15am
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[2026-05-27 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-26 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: LGBTQ activists were critical of police using terms such as ‘immoral activities’ when describing the raid
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[2026-05-26 22:25 UTC+10:00] [Fahmi Fadzil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: LGBTQ activists were critical of police using terms such as ‘immoral activities’ when describing the raid
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[2026-05-26 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A team of Thai police officers have gone viral after disguising themselves as a female dance troupe to arrest a suspected drug dealer during a street festival. The operation took place last week in the Tha Luang district in the central Lop Buri Province, where officers dressed in sparkly outfits to get close to their target without raising suspicion.
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[2026-05-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress and four other members of the House of Representatives have asked the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General to investigate why a federal probe into a prison drugs-for-votes scheme was abandoned after the 2024 elections.
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[2026-05-26 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Malaysian authorities detained 51 men in a series of raids on Sunday in connection with what police described as a drug-fueled "gay party" held at a Kuala Lumpur hotel.
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[2026-05-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: When social workers asked a mother to submit a sample of hair for a drugs test, she thought it would prove she was clean and sober.
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[2026-05-26 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Six Israeli citizens were arrested after a network of weapons and drugs smugglers operating from the Egyptian and Jordanian borders was discovered, Israeli police announced in a statement on Sunday.
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[2026-05-26 06:58 UTC+10:00] [Enhanced Games] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gkolomeev’s time in men’s 50m freestyle disputed
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[2026-05-26 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: (UPDATE) THE Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that the Philippines is seeking an Interpol Red Notice against Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, intensifying efforts to arrest the fugitive lawmaker on the basis of a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity during the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs.
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