Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-13 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Competition] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Boycotts, protests and fears about vote-rigging are threatening to overshadow this week’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.
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[2026-05-13 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom he described on Tuesday as “a friend” and “somebody that we get along with.” Trump added that he plans to discuss the war involving Iran, a country the US and Israel have accused China of supporting.
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[2026-05-13 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has commissioned the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as part of his initiative to make Washington DC 'safe and beautiful' ahead of the nation's 250th birthday this summer. As part of that, contractors began work last week to paint the pool blue.
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[2026-05-13 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pharmacy technician Cindy Burbank emerged victorious Tuesday in an unusual Nebraska Democratic Senate primary where the top two candidates accused each other of political trickery.
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[2026-05-13 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A four-page manifesto was reportedly sent to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger before a bomb scare disrupted a campaign event for the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
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[2026-05-13 11:07 UTC+10:00] [Elections, Governors] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Lynne Walz, a former state legislator, won the Democratic primary for governor of Nebraska on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, setting up a challenging general election attempt to unseat Gov. Jim Pillen, the Republican incumbent.
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[2026-05-13 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Peru’s public prosecutor’s office has accused leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of financial crimes, calling for him to be imprisoned for five years and four months.
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[2026-05-13 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Plans for a A$1.5bn ($1.1bn; £802m) Trump Tower in Queensland have been scrapped with an Australian developer blaming the "toxic" Trump brand and the Iran war for the project's demise.
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[2026-05-13 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Large-scale publicity campaign to promote consultation includes television advertisements, banners and other public announcements, sources say
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[2026-05-13 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Large-scale publicity campaign to promote consultation includes television advertisements, banners and other public announcements, sources say
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[2026-05-13 10:26 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has not ruled himself out of the vacant Carlton coaching job, but has given a ringing endorsement of another possible candidate for the job.
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[2026-05-13 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has retained most of its missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a classified intelligence assessment from earlier this month.
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[2026-05-13 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: For Heart of Midlothian, the tantalising, scarcely-believable, bottom line is this: after 66 years they may be crowned champions of Scotland on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The prime minister has conceded he broke an election promise not to reform negative gearing, but has argued the change of heart will benefit the nation by shifting the dial on home ownership rates.
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[2026-05-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Senator Chuck Schumer urged Republicans to support a War Powers Resolution aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran, arguing that the conflict was driving up fuel prices across the United States.
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[2026-05-13 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A man who broke into a car and stole hard drives containing unreleased music by Beyoncé has been sentenced to two years in prison.
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[2026-05-13 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Former pro-basketball player Jason Collins, the first active male athlete on a major American professional team sport to come out as gay, has died aged 47.
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[2026-05-13 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump's futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system will cost about $1.2 tn (£882bn) to develop, deploy and operate over two decades, a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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[2026-05-13 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: PORT SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Bahamians headed to the polls on Tuesday in a general election preceded by intense, sometimes heated, campaigning across the islands that make up The Bahamas.
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[2026-05-13 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s a banner month for Jew-hating propaganda at The New York Times, where libel against the state of Israel is normalized and celebrated.
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[2026-05-13 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A new daily pill could help people coming off weight-loss jabs remain slim, latest research says.
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[2026-05-13 09:01 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Cricket] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia have persevered with Sophie Molineux as captain for the Twenty20 World Cup in England despite an injury-blighted start for her stint as Alyssa Healy’s leadership successor.
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[2026-05-13 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Manchester City believe they have been on the wrong end of VAR calls in the past two FA Cup finals
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[2026-05-13 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A measure to force a vote on redistricting failed the South Carolina state Senate on Tuesday after five Republican lawmakers defied President Trump and voted with Democrats against the redistricting effort.
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[2026-05-13 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-05-13 08:35 UTC+10:00] [Crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Israel has qualified to compete in Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final amid ongoing controversy surrounding the country’s participation.
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[2026-05-13 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: I have two words for any of my American cousins thinking of voting for the Democrats in the midterm elections later this year: Keir Starmer.
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[2026-05-13 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel have sailed through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the lovestruck pop song Michelle, performed by 28-year-old Noam Bettan.
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[2026-05-13 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In under a month from now, India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is expected to release its final report on the crash of London-bound Air India flight AI‑171 that went down seconds after take‑off from Ahmedabad in western India on 12 June 2025.
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[2026-05-13 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: When China's leader Xi Jinping hosts his American counterpart in Beijing this week, Donald Trump will be reminded of his last visit in 2017 – he was wooed hard, complete with dinner inside the Forbidden City, an honour no US president before him had received.
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[2026-05-13 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The prime minister will meet with health secretary, and likely leadership rival Wes Streeting tomorrow, after the number of ministers who resigned in protest of his leadership grew to four.
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[2026-05-13 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to meet Health Secretary Wes Streeting, one of his potential leadership challengers, on Wednesday morning, as his government faces an attempt by Labour MPs to oust him from the top job.
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[2026-05-13 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hamas waged a widespread campaign of rape during the Oct. 7 massacre — including sexual torture designed to destroy entire families — and in the months following, a horrific two-year investigation released Tuesday concluded.
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[2026-05-13 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: James Maddison came on as an 85th-minute substitute against Leeds for his first appearance of the season
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[2026-05-13 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: King Charles III will unveil the government's agenda for the year ahead on Wednesday, as Sir Keir Starmer fights for his future in Downing Street.
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[2026-05-13 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Cost of living] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The opening of a new U.K. parliamentary session is steeped in decades of pageantry and tradition. But few have taken place in these circumstances.
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[2026-05-13 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Democratic Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa and former President Barack Obama visit the Taco Joint on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Joel Angel Juarez, Pool)
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[2026-05-13 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Princess of Wales will step back on to the international stage on Wednesday, with a trip to the Italian city of Reggio Emilia, in a personal landmark in her recovery from cancer.
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[2026-05-13 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has not ruled the possibility of traveling to Russia this year to help facilitate a settlement to the Ukraine conflict.
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[2026-05-13 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was booed and mocked during a speech on Tuesday to one of the country’s biggest trade union groups as he tried to sell his welfare cut plans.
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[2026-05-13 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Is it a red wave, or are California voters coming down with a case of blue flu?
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[2026-05-13 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Far-left Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman wildly accused opponent Spencer Pratt of pushing “fascism” as the former reality TV star gains ground in the race.
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[2026-05-13 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sebastian Muñoz-Najar has only just finished primary school. The 13-year-old is still years away from learning how to drive. He cannot legally work. He's too young to even have a social media account.
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[2026-05-13 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK has said it will contribute drones, fighter jets and a warship to a joint mission aimed at safeguarding shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-13 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ALBANY – A state judge reversed a Democrat-controlled panel’s decision to block GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman of potentially millions of dollars in campaign matching funds.
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[2026-05-13 05:19 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-05-13 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Elon Musk tried to take control of OpenAI, even suggesting it could pass to his children when he dies, Sam Altman said on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-13 04:46 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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[2026-05-13 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Spencer Pratt uses the power of the force to save Los Angeles as a lightsaber-wielding Jedi in a ‘Star Wars’-themed viral video as his campaign continues to gain momentum.
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[2026-05-13 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Brandon Clarke was named in the NBA's All-Rookie First Team in 2020
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