Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Three-year federal election cycles are costing the economy billions of dollars and leaving governments with too little time to pursue difficult reforms, according to a report calling for fixed four-year parliamentary terms.
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[2026-08-17 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Likud Party is threatening to petition the Central Elections Committee and take legal action against the organizations behind the Fly&Vote initiative, which aims to help Israelis abroad travel to Israel to vote in the elections.
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[2026-08-17 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Arab Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad registered a new political party ahead of the upcoming elections and has been holding talks with various figures about joining his slate, Haddad’s office confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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[2026-08-17 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO — Brazil's main presidential election candidates kicked off their campaigns Sunday in their political strongholds ahead of what is expected to be a tight October election.
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[2026-08-17 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hamza Shaikh's century against Notts included seven fours and two sixes
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[2026-08-17 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Footage shows the wanted man sleeping on a roof, before police officers pull him off and arrest him
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[2026-08-17 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Rangers' reward for knocking out Premier Sports Cup holders St Mirren is a mouth-watering quarter-final against Old Firm rivals Celtic.
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[2026-08-17 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to supporters during a presidential election campaign rally in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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[2026-08-17 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Lebanese families are struggling to make ends meet as the country’s long-running financial crisis deepens amid Israeli attacks that have devastated homes and farmland, RT correspondent Steve Sweeney reports from Beirut.
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[2026-08-17 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ronaldo led Portugal to a first major tournament win at Euro 2016
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[2026-08-17 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Likud launched a billboard ahead of election season featuring Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, according to posts from Israeli social media accounts shared on Sunday.
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[2026-08-17 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The fires broke out almost simultaneously on a Greek island near Athens on Sunday
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[2026-08-17 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Police Regional Office in Western Visayas’ (PRO-6) continuous campaign against environmental crimes has resulted in the arrest of 33 wanted individuals and confiscation of P3.8 million worth of illegally caught fish and fishing tools in 24 hours. In a statement Sunday, Western Visayas police chief BGen. Randulf Tuaño said police conducted 21 operations in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo from 6 a.m.
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[2026-08-17 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Agriculture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — In the barns where the milk for Italy’s most famous cheese is produced, the fans have barely stopped whirring for two months. As temperatures across northern Italy push close to 40 degrees Celsius, cows stand almost motionless, tongues lolling, while automated sprinklers soak their backs.
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[2026-08-17 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-08-17 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Central Elections Committee will publish turnout figures for individual polling stations several times on election day while keeping the identities of those who have voted confidential, committee chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg ruled on Sunday.
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[2026-08-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The alert took many by surprise when it was sent on Friday night
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[2026-08-17 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Trent Rockets could become the first team to win both men's and women's trophies in the same edition
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[2026-08-17 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Turning pubs into housing or offices will be made harder as part of changes to government planning rules in England.
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[2026-08-17 00:24 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Belgium authorities were awaiting crucial air support Sunday to help battle the largest wildfire in the country’s modern history, which has been ablaze since Friday.
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[2026-08-17 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Public figures and friends of Jason Arday have called for a public inquiry into media coverage surrounding the former Cambridge professor, after he was found dead on Friday.
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[2026-08-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-16 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Zion Suzuki has won 28 caps for Japan after making his debut in 2022
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[2026-08-16 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three of the five surviving panels of the Polyptych of San Gregorio were taken
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[2026-08-16 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: International observers of Zambia's elections said Saturday the poll was marred by claims of intimidation, abductions and an hours-long pause in the vote count.
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[2026-08-16 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset asked the High Court of Justice on Sunday to allow five frozen budget transfers to proceed, arguing that Speaker Amir Ohana acted within his authority when he approved a Finance Committee meeting during the election recess.
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[2026-08-16 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Though Hamas’s popularity has declined among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya still commands more support than Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, according to a new poll published by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-16 23:01 UTC+10:00] [Doctors] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Twelve people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bus transporting Catholic pilgrims back to Poland veered off a Hungarian motorway early Sunday.
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[2026-08-16 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Elvedi has featured 364 times for Monchengladbach, with 17 of those appearances coming in the Champions League
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[2026-08-16 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Manchester Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka celebrated the men's side winning The Hundred in the first season since he bought a controlling stake
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[2026-08-16 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The party risks further erosion of its credibility unless it can push through concrete reforms before the next general election, analysts say
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[2026-08-16 22:33 UTC+10:00] [Ahmad Zahid Hamidi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The party risks further erosion of its credibility unless it can push through concrete reforms before the next general election, analysts say
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[2026-08-16 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Wildberries has been the target of multiple Ukrainian attacks
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[2026-08-16 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Six people have been injured at a market in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, as the country was hit by a series of Russian strikes.
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[2026-08-16 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Awoniyi joined Liverpool in 2015 but did not make a senior appearance
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[2026-08-16 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The incident took place on a disused railway line in Calder Grove, Wakefield
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[2026-08-16 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The railway from Beirut to Damascus was conceived in the 19th century when the two capitals were not yet divided by national borders. The route was abandoned in the 1970s owing to Lebanon’s civil war.
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[2026-08-16 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE’s Ministry of Interior has launched a traffic campaign which offers to wipe four black points from licences if drivers pledge to avoid having an accident for one day.
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[2026-08-16 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Calif., a candidate for the California 6th District seat in the House of Representatives in the Nov. 3, election, appears at a campaign event in Citrus Heights, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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[2026-08-16 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Bronze for Donnelly and a team gold for GB in the women’s marathon
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[2026-08-16 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The 55.6-metre (182ft) concrete figure is nearly 18m taller than Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer
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[2026-08-16 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political situation is further complicating the American calculus.
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[2026-08-16 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Simon Fraser University Pipe Band from Canada took the 2026 title
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[2026-08-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Marcus Rashford has made 426 appearances and scored 138 goals for Manchester United
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[2026-08-16 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has spent tens of millions of dollars to boost its image in the US by seeking to influence how AI platforms portray the country, Politico has reported.
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[2026-08-16 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Abbie Donnelly wins the bronze medal in the women's marathon, with Great Britain also winning a gold medal in the team event, on the final day of the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham.
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[2026-08-16 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At a barbecue on a Netanya rooftop earlier this month, MK Yoav Segalovitz, a politician of whom most people outside Israel have never heard, told the members of the leading opposition party Yesh Atid that he would not be running with them in the upcoming October election.
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[2026-08-16 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A Spanish F-18 fighter jet on a NATO air-policing mission Sunday shot down a drone that had illegally entered Romanian airspace.
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[2026-08-16 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Soldiers from 10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment are among 200 military personnel helping with wildfires in south Wales
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[2026-08-16 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Private DSE candidate with history of anxiety alleges invigilator shouted at him during break between exams at Caritas St Joseph Secondary School
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