Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lev Shlosberg said he was punished for his political position
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[2026-08-18 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Afghanistan has marked five years since the Taliban swept back to power amid a chaotic US withdrawal. Celebrations have been held across the country, with officials describing Afghanistan as safer and “free.”
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[2026-08-18 02:13 UTC+10:00] [Breaches] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Ukraine called on the European Union to sanction the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom on Monday, hours after a POLITICO investigation revealed allegations of safety and engineering failures at one of the company’s flagship projects.
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[2026-08-18 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Princess Eugenie has named her baby daughter Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank.
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[2026-08-18 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A Labour MP has been suspended from the party after a newspaper report questioned whether he had tried to avoid repaying a government Covid loan.
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[2026-08-18 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press (college football) poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
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[2026-08-18 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A LUXURY stay, stay, a Michelin-starred dining experience and a live orches- tral performance await selected customers in a new promo- tional campaign centered on Japanese craftsmanship and the pursuit of precision.
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[2026-08-18 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: We have to fight together - Pocognoli
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[2026-08-18 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
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[2026-08-18 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith runs the ball against Miami during the second half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game, Dec. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson, File)
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[2026-08-18 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The A5 Watling Street near Hinckley was closed on Monday afternoon
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[2026-08-18 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Trump has long denied any wrongdoing in the E Jean Carroll case.
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[2026-08-18 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Independent voters now hold greater influence over the Israeli elections, strategic adviser and political commentator Barak Seri argued in an interview with 103FM on Monday, ahead of the Likud party primaries.
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[2026-08-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With just months to go before New Zealand voters head to the polls, prime minister Christopher Luxon has survived his second leadership spill in just four months. As flagging poll numbers, a sluggish economy and high-profile gaffes build pressure on Luxon, can the embattled leader retain his grip on power through November?
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[2026-08-18 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the liberal Yabloko party, upholding a decision to cancel the registration of its federal slate of candidates for next month’s State Duma elections.
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[2026-08-18 00:50 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The first thing I noticed when I gave up American technology was the silence.
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[2026-08-18 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Joe Root's first Test as captain was against South Africa at Lord's in 2017, a match in which he scored 190 in a convincing England win
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[2026-08-18 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday from Air Force One
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[2026-08-18 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lev Shlosberg, center, senior member of the Yabloko party, is being led out of the court room after a judge convicted him and sentenced him to more than 11 years in prison, in a court in Pskov, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-08-18 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Thousands of fans lined the streets of Swansea to pay their respects to the legendary singer
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[2026-08-18 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The alert was sent to mobile phones across England and Wales last Friday
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[2026-08-17 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored nine goals and claimed a record 21 assists in the Premier League last season
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[2026-08-17 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump "may endorse somebody" in the upcoming Israeli election, he told FOX News on Monday morning, but conceded it would be "most appropriate for me to stay out of it.
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[2026-08-17 23:27 UTC+10:00] [Drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A major military music festival in Moscow has been canceled four days before it was due to start, the organizers said on Telegram.
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[2026-08-17 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UAE schools and traffic experts have welcomed a new road safety campaign that offers drivers the chance to have four black points removed from their licences if they pledge to stay accident- and violation-free on the first day of the new academic year.
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[2026-08-17 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: New Zealand are unbeaten in the warm-up games on their tour of South Africa
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[2026-08-17 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Luka, a Japanese macaque, escaped from the Highland Wildlife Park overnight
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[2026-08-17 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Employees prepare voting equipment at the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Training and Support Center warehouse to be transported to voting precincts in advance of the August 18 Florida primary election, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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[2026-08-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE - Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti holds the trophy after their win against Miami in the College Football Playoff national championship game in Miami Gardens, Fla., Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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[2026-08-17 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Gianni Infantino was first elected as Fifa president in 2016
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[2026-08-17 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Mt Etna is Europe's most active volcano, with a series of eruptions occurring in recent weeks
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[2026-08-17 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The show stars O'Carroll as Agnes Brown, pictured after an unrelated on-screen accident
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[2026-08-17 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: President Hakainde Hichilema has taken an early lead in Zambia’s presidential election, securing nearly 59 percent of votes counted in 135 of 226 constituencies. The result puts him on course for a second-term victory, though the final tally is still underway.
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[2026-08-17 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Gulf states are covertly shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz on tankers with their transponders switched off despite severe disruptions to normal traffic and intermittent attacks, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the shipments.
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[2026-08-17 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Secondary school pupil Patrick McCabe, 16, has told BBC Breakfast that the wait for his GCSE results on Thursday is "terrifying".
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[2026-08-17 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Co-founders Charlie Morgan and Jackson Quinn will reportedly make over £100m each from the sale of the business
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[2026-08-17 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hayden Panettiere, who has died at the age of 36, lived most of her life in the spotlight - from success as a child star to lead roles in hit TV shows Heroes and Nashville - but also endured struggles that went along with the pressures of fame.
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[2026-08-17 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s governing-party primary has turned into a competition for grotesquerie. Israel Katz, the defense minister charged with protecting a country facing existential threats, opens with explosions: “Boom, boom, boom,” goes his AI-generated campaign song.
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[2026-08-17 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sebastien Pocognoli has previously managed Union Saint-Gilloise and Monaco
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[2026-08-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An American flag stands outside the office of California’s 14th Congressional District in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Tallulah Brown Van Zee)
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[2026-08-17 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A historic Palestinian village widely described as the last entirely Christian community in the occupied West Bank is facing near-daily Israeli settler attacks and growing restrictions, residents and activists have told RT.
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[2026-08-17 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Laura Docherty, formerly of Glenrothes, had denied attempting to murder the child
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[2026-08-17 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS outcome of election for supreme council members, more info in paras 10-11)By Park Boram and Yi Wonju
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[2026-08-17 21:01 UTC+10:00] [Baltics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: RIGA — Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs wants Brussels to hand over €7 billion to help cover the military and economic costs of confronting Russia, as pressure grows over the price of the country’s hard line on Moscow.
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[2026-08-17 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Simon Levy was given a whole life term last week after he was found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third
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[2026-08-17 20:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-17 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead, photo; UPDATES throughout with Kim's election)By Park Boram and Yi Won-ju
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[2026-08-17 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hundreds of Moroccan migrants have protested in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, demanding asylum as thousands remain stranded in the area following mass border crossings last month.
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[2026-08-17 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Michael Marra and Joe Fagan are on the ballot to replace Anas Sarwar
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[2026-08-17 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An artist's impression of a Virgin train at St Pancras International
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