Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 06:27 UTC+10:00] [career] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Andy Burnham has long traded on his outsider status as the mayor of Greater Manchester. But it’s a team of old hands in Westminster that will be instrumental in putting the man known as the “King of the North” on the cusp of running the U.K.
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[2026-05-20 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Mikel Arteta has led Arsenal to their first Premier League title in 22 years
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[2026-05-20 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An Iranian journalist based in London has described how he was stabbed in the thigh in a "violent" and "very frightening" attack outside his London home by men accused of working for Iran.
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[2026-05-20 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset is scheduled to be brought forward for its first vote in the plenum on Wednesday amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties over the haredi draft bill.
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[2026-05-20 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the United States and Iran have made a lot of progress in their talks, and neither side wants to see a resumption of the military campaign.
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[2026-05-20 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Brussels should strip fighting-age Ukrainian men of “temporary protection” status, Ylva Johansson, the bloc’s special envoy for Ukrainians in the EU, has said.
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[2026-05-20 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A former Conservative defence secretary has quit his job with a missile manufacturer over concerns he broke the rules governing the employment of former ministers.
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[2026-05-20 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Estonia has said a Nato fighter jet shot down a drone, which it suspects was a Ukrainian projectile knocked off course by Russian electronic jamming, over its territory.
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[2026-05-20 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 5:00am
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[2026-05-20 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 5:00am
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[2026-05-20 04:57 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — Former French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe will cooperate fully with investigators after financial prosecutors ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of embezzlement, a local official linked to Philippe said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The most expensive primary election in US history is underway in Kentucky, as President Donald Trump and the Israel lobby try to unseat Representative Thomas Massie, a hardline conservative who broke with the president over Israel, Iran, and Epstein.
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[2026-05-20 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The most expensive primary election in US history is underway in Kentucky, as President Donald Trump and the Israel lobby try to unseat Representative Thomas Massie, a hardline conservative who broke with the president over Israel, Iran, and Epstein.
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[2026-05-20 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: John Fetterman has become the most interesting politician in America, and the Democratic Party’s most uncomfortable mirror. His willingness to speak honestly, vote his conscience, and refuse to define himself purely in opposition to President Donald Trump has made him a hero to some and a traitor to others.
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[2026-05-20 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has refused to approve Israel’s new ambassador to Zagreb, citing disagreements with the Israeli government’s actions.
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[2026-05-20 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: HS2 was, appropriately enough, at the ultimate Y-junction.
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[2026-05-20 04:23 UTC+10:00] [Energie et Climat France] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — Le bureau du Sénat doit se pencher le 28 mai prochain sur la levée de l’immunité parlementaire du sénateur Les Républicains Francis Szpiner, a appris POLITICO auprès de deux responsables parlementaires au fait des tractations.
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[2026-05-20 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has hit 53 sixes in this season's IPL - 15 more than anyone else
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[2026-05-20 04:17 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Young business leaders have united to lobby Anthony Albanese to rethink his capital gains tax revamp as reform advocate Allegra Spender urges Labor to move cautiously to avoid economic pain and the Coalition launches its campaign to draw family businesses into their tax battle.
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[2026-05-20 04:05 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Defence Secretary John Healey has told his party’s warring leadership rivals that the “very credibility of Labour in government is at stake,” as the contenders to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister set out their stalls.
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[2026-05-20 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Fear has gripped Ebola-hit areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the suspected number of deaths continues to rise, as officials say they are struggling to catch up to an outbreak that may have previously been spreading undetected.
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[2026-05-20 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Southampton have been thrown out of the Championship play-offs for spying on Middlesbrough ahead of the first leg of their semi-final tie.
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[2026-05-20 03:42 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — NATO’s top military commander on Tuesday said he did not expect further U.S. troop withdrawals soon, as allies privately pressed him to plug the gap created by Donald Trump’s move to pull thousands of soldiers from Europe.
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[2026-05-20 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Bereaved people hit by the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) lost funds scandal should be contacted by the bank in the coming weeks about accessing their loved ones' money.
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[2026-05-20 03:34 UTC+10:00] [Airspace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Three NATO countries collaborated to shoot down a Ukrainian drone flying over European Union territory on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Democratic South Carolina Rep. Kambrell Garvin presents his version of a map for new congressional districts during the House session on redistricting on Monday, May 18, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
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[2026-05-20 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is the Sir Alex Ferguson of his generation, says former England captain Wayne Rooney.
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[2026-05-20 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A high-level people smuggler identified in a BBC investigation has been arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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[2026-05-20 03:05 UTC+10:00] [Balkans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ATHENS — Greece’s government has submitted legislation to effectively block European prosecutors from investigating parliamentarians — a highly sensitive subject because of a major probe into political involvement in a massive farm fraud scandal.
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[2026-05-20 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A senior official from the administration of US President Donald Trump personally intervened to help former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted by Warsaw on criminal charges, flee to the US, Reuters has reported.
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[2026-05-20 03:01 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — Top European finance ministers privately pleaded with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to end his country’s war in the Middle East to prevent the conflict from dragging the continent deeper into economic calamity.
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[2026-05-20 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 60 MPs are calling for a rethink of the UK's first-past-the-post voting system, which they have labelled "broken".
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[2026-05-20 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks to supporters while campaigning for his primary runoff race Monday, May 18, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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[2026-05-20 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: 1. FC Slovacko are based in Uherske Hradiste in the Moravian part of the Czech Republic and play in the Czech First League
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[2026-05-20 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: UK citizens are among dozens of nationalities who will soon have to apply for a visa if they wish to stay in Thailand for more than 30 days.
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[2026-05-20 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: UK supermarkets are being urged by the government to limit food prices in return for easing regulations, the BBC understands.
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[2026-05-20 02:18 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Election watchdog Kontra Daya and other sectoral groups have appealed the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on their complaint against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, and two government contractors over alleged prohibited campaign contributions during the 2022 elections.
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[2026-05-20 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Riot police clashed with anti-government protesters in Bolivia’s administrative capital, La Paz, on Monday. The massive rallies sparked by rising costs of living and fuel shortages escalated into calls for Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz to step down just six months after taking office.
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[2026-05-20 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A disabled man says he has been left "rotting away" in hospital for the last eight months after his local NHS board stopped his 24-hour home support.
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[2026-05-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [Buildings] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: STRASBOURG — The thousands of people who work in the European Parliament’s administration are supposed to be non-political, per EU law. But staffers complain that many of the Parliament’s plum jobs are instead going to people with political connections.
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[2026-05-20 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-05-20 01:58 UTC+10:00] [Global health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The number of people suspected to have died from the Ebola virus which is rapidly spreading in central Africa has jumped 30 percent in a day, as health experts rush to contain the deadly epidemic.
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[2026-05-20 01:54 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Parliament on Tuesday paved the way for Spanish authorities to investigate far-right Spanish lawmaker Alvise Pérez for alleged campaign finance violations by voting in favor of a motion to strip him of his immunity.
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[2026-05-20 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU will turn to a long-term strategy involving cow dung to stave off a looming fertilizer shortage, rather than supporting farmers with immediate measures like suspending tariffs on Russian and Belarusian imports, Politico wrote on Monday.
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[2026-05-20 01:45 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Europe is now unlikely to face a jet fuel supply crisis and major flight disruptions in the coming weeks — a big change from the dire warnings of just a few weeks ago.
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[2026-05-20 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-20 01:32 UTC+10:00] [Bonds] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Andy Burnham’s team is working on a plan for his first 100 days in government in the event that the Labour politician wins a crunch by-election and replaces Prime Minister Keir Starmer, three people who have worked with the Greater Manchester mayor told POLITICO.
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[2026-05-20 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing. He has travelled to China for a two-day official visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The trip coincides with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation.
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