Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-20 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Ofer Winter continues to hint at the formation of a new party, Likud officials have grown increasingly concerned amid fears that the rapid expansion of right-wing lists could leave votes below the electoral threshold.
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[2026-08-20 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Savinho made seven Premier League starts for Man City last season while Marmoush made eight
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[2026-08-20 18:25 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Easier to build, faster to launch and more destructive than ever before, cyberattacks are getting a significant boost from frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models.
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[2026-08-20 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica has accused YouTube of waging a “war” against people who think independently and “tell the truth,” after the Google-owned platform deleted his channel without any warning.
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[2026-08-20 18:05 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — Former French Prime Minister François Fillon has been suspended for 10 years from the Légion d’honneur, France’s highest order of merit, after being found guilty of providing his wife with a fake job in which she was paid a salary using taxpayer money.
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[2026-08-20 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Regional body, the Organization of American States, said Haiti needs help fighting gangs and seizing back territory as it prepares to hold its first elections in a decade.
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[2026-08-20 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sara El-Khawas died alongside her father and mother after getting into difficulty in water off the coast of Shoreham-by-Sea
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[2026-08-20 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Airspace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine early Thursday, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens more.
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[2026-08-20 17:56 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Federal Liberals are weighing an extraordinary intervention into their South Australia division over fears that senator Alex Antic’s bid for control will stop Opposition Leader Angus Taylor from competing in the state at the next election, as evidence emerges of an attempted purge of high-profile party members.
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[2026-08-20 17:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three of the country's worst illegal dumps are due to be cleaned up using taxpayers' money, the government has announced.
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[2026-08-20 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Thursday said it would be covering and auditing the upcoming Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections next month.
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[2026-08-20 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Four-time world champion Max Verstappen has signed a new contract at Red Bull until the end of 2030.
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[2026-08-20 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Erin Patterson attended the Court of Appeal via video link from prison
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[2026-08-20 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In an interview with the BBC, Travelodge chief executive Jo Boydell says she only became aware of the assault during the court case almost three years later
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[2026-08-20 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sabalenka has reached just one semi-final since winning the Sunshine Double in March
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[2026-08-20 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh is holding its first contested presidential election in 35 years, with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir pitted against former army officer Oli Ahmad, the nominee of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party opposition alliance.
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[2026-08-20 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The train involved in the accident was a limited express train - one of the fastest in Japan
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[2026-08-20 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It was at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona when the mutterings about a new "secret weapon" started.
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[2026-08-20 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Arsenal ended a 22-year wait to be Premier League champions last season, but can they successfully defend their crown?
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[2026-08-20 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: BBC Sport takes a look at some of the Premier League's greatest opening-day debuts, including Alan Shearer's Blackburn blinder and Michu's Swansea screamers.
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[2026-08-20 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Britt said she was aimed at by a group of riders while walking on a pavement
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[2026-08-20 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Some homes avoided complete destruction in the fire while others burned to the ground
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[2026-08-20 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Many of the soldiers were born in Ukraine but consider themselves to be Russian
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[2026-08-20 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Senegal’s opposition is urging President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to set a date for local elections, turning the vote into a potential early showdown with former ally Ousmane Sonko. The growing dispute comes after their political split and could shape the balance of power ahead of the 2029 presidential race.
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[2026-08-20 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack has condemned Israeli airstrikes on an airbase in northwestern Syria as a dangerous escalation.
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[2026-08-20 14:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As low birth rates shrink military manpower, support grows for female conscription while views on selective enlistment remain mixed
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[2026-08-20 13:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Augustus Minerals is set to fire up a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at its Music Well gold project in Western Australia’s fabled Leonora gold district. The campaign is designed to test a new geological interpretation at its Clifton East prospect, which will include breaking ground for the first time at its high-grade St Patrick’s Well target.
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[2026-08-20 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lily Hooper, 18, was found dead after an eight-day search in the Australian bush
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[2026-08-20 13:06 UTC+10:00] [US & Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-08-20 13:05 UTC+10:00] [Data economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-08-20 12:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, one of eight candidates seeking to succeed Antonio Guterres as UN secretary-general next year, on Wednesday called for continued reform of the world body and the restoration of its moral authority.
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[2026-08-20 12:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: After more than two years of ordering on Israel's enemies across the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tough reelection fight, is zeroing in on another perceived villain -- Turkey.
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[2026-08-20 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine election debate grows as ousted defence minister challenges wartime politics
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[2026-08-20 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A former senior official who worked under US Covid czar Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hide government records concerning coronavirus research and the origins of the pandemic.
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[2026-08-20 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-20 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Fin whales feed in ice-free East Greenland waters, as scientists observe from their boats
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[2026-08-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A senior political staffer to the then-NSW planning minister showed a colleague a video she could use to “get rid of” building commissioner David Chandler, a major corruption inquiry has heard.
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[2026-08-20 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The past few years have been littered with surprises from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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[2026-08-20 12:00 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Labour MPs want a cap on political donations to stave off Nigel Farage’s big-money backers. Andy Burnham is set to disappoint them.
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[2026-08-20 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Israeli PM has escalated tensions with Turkish President Erdogan over Syria in a bid to ‘unify’ his voter base around him
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[2026-08-20 11:36 UTC+10:00] [Ahmed al-Sharaa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Israeli PM has escalated tensions with Turkish President Erdogan over Syria in a bid to ‘unify’ his voter base around him
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[2026-08-20 11:34 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Manhattan Gold Corporation has kicked off its maiden drilling campaign in Canada with a bang, delivering a spectacular intercept of 41.15 metres at 4.66 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from just 83.82m downhole at its Hook Lake project in Nunavut.
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[2026-08-20 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was launching a major new campaign to target Iran's economy, threatening "tremendous" punishment on any country that helps or does business with the Islamic republic.
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[2026-08-20 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In early 2015, flower crowns started appearing on Ed Miliband's head. Petals and hearts were photoshopped on to the then-Labour leader by the "Milifandom", a movement of young, mostly female, voters sharing romanticised images on Twitter to protest against Miliband's "distorted media portrayal".
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[2026-08-20 10:54 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Indian shipment arrives as Ukrainian strike campaign forces reversal of petroleum flow; Kyiv under missile attack. What we know on day 1,639
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[2026-08-20 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ava-Grace Britton, 17, is a carer for her father Paul and says she worries about him "all the time"
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[2026-08-20 10:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A weekly jab could cut the number of injections needed by 86%
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[2026-08-20 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Vaping could lead to health harms in children and young people and should be made "less attractive" to them, doctors have said.
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[2026-08-20 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has said the US will inflict "TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences" on any country that helps or does business with Iran.
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[2026-08-20 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: News that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to move back to the UK is prominent across Thursday's papers with several printing late editions to fit it in. "Harry's coming home" says the Daily Telegraph as it reports the couple intends to relocate from the US later this month with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet enrolled to start at a British school in September.
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