Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 01:30 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Hungary has returned millions in cash and gold seized from a Ukrainian state bank convoy earlier this year.
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[2026-05-07 01:25 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Commission is considering giving fossil fuel companies leeway to avoid penalties under new rules governing the emissions of methane, in what would be a major win for the oil and gas sector.
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[2026-05-07 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Up to 150 of the 480 High Street stores formerly part of the WHSmith business will be closed in a restructuring plan launched by the owner of the chain.
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[2026-05-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: With the smoke and blockades disguising what’s actually happening in the Strait of Hormuz, Rick Sanchez decided to shed some light on the situation. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday paused Project Freedom – the military operation launched a day earlier to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz – citing the “tremendous military success” of the campaign.However, Rick’s assessment is that Tehran still holds the strategic edge.
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[2026-05-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: With the smoke and blockades disguising what’s actually happening in the Strait of Hormuz, Rick Sanchez decided to shed some light on the situation. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday paused Project Freedom – the military operation launched a day earlier to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz – citing the “tremendous military success” of the campaign.However, Rick’s assessment is that Tehran still holds the strategic edge.
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[2026-05-07 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Political parties and their candidates have been making their final push for votes on the last full day of campaigning ahead of elections across England, Scotland and Wales.
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[2026-05-07 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The global aviation shock triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran and resulting fuel shortages is a harbinger of even “more severe shocks” that will rock other sectors of the global economy, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has warned.
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[2026-05-07 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yisrael Beitenu leader MK Avidgor Liberman launched a new campaign on Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming elections, calling for a decisive military outcome on all fronts and vowed that he would not sit in a government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “even if the world turns upside down.”
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[2026-05-07 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least four people have been killed in political unrest after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party won the state election in West Bengal, police and party officials say.
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[2026-05-07 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A prominent US evangelist has claimed that government officials held a secret briefing for pastors and urged them to prepare their congregations for the imminent release of information about alien life and unidentified spacecraft, which could shatter Christian faith.
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[2026-05-07 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Harry Potter stars who played members of the Weasley family have reunited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first film in the series.
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[2026-05-07 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A coalition of campaign groups has made a formal complaint against the head of London’s Metropolitan Police for suggesting that protest organisers repeatedly intended to include synagogues on their planned demonstration routes in London.
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[2026-05-07 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Apple on Tuesday agreed to pay $250 million to settle claims it misled customers into buying iPhones with a deceiving marketing campaign about its voice assistant Siri’s new AI features.
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[2026-05-07 00:26 UTC+10:00] [Fuels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — France's flagship aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, passed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea on Wednesday, heading closer to the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-07 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Kylian Mbappe joined Real Madrid on a free transfer when his Paris St-Germain deal ended in 2024
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[2026-05-07 00:05 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Germany is on track to have the EU’s artificial intelligence rules rewritten to ease the pressure on its struggling industrial heavyweights such as Siemens and Bosch.
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[2026-05-07 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The German authorities have raided the homes of suspected members of two “right-wing extremist” groups in a nationwide operation spanning a dozen regions.
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[2026-05-06 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ACCRA, Ghana — On a busy roadside in Accra, a billboard that would normally advertise soft drinks is draped in a cascade of worn shirts -- frayed collars, faded blues and greys and a striking circular pattern stitched at its centre.
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[2026-05-06 23:46 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mamata Banerjee says Narendra Modi’s party ‘forcefully captured’ election that ended her party’s 15 years in power
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[2026-05-06 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Although he may not be leading in the polls, it’s clear that Spencer Pratt is winning the media war in the race to become LA’s next mayor. And if the former reality star makes it into the mayoral run-off following the June 2 primary, the release of his “They Not Like Us” campaign ad will be remembered as the fulcrum moment.
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[2026-05-06 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said the military operation to guide stranded merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused just two days after he announced it.
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[2026-05-06 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers of the House of Representatives have been provided with copies of the impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte ahead of the expected vote on whether to send the matter to the Senate for trial.
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[2026-05-06 23:28 UTC+10:00] [Airlines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Lufthansa is preparing to introduce refueling stopovers if destination airports run short of jet fuel due to the war in the Middle East, the airline group's CEO said on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-06 23:24 UTC+10:00] [German politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN – Der russische Ölkonzern Rosneft geht erneut juristisch gegen die Bundesregierung vor. Das Unternehmen hat beim Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg Klage gegen die im Februar neu angeordnete Treuhandverwaltung seiner deutschen Töchter eingereicht. Das bestätigte ein Gerichtssprecher auf Anfrage von POLITICO.Demnach ging eine Klage der Rosneft Holding Ltd. SA am 30. März beim Gericht ein (Aktenzeichen: OVG 1 A 1/26).
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[2026-05-06 22:37 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — After Russia broke the ceasefire Ukraine had declared for Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv considers itself freed from the unilateral truce declared by the Kremlin ahead of Saturday's Victory Day parade in Moscow.
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[2026-05-06 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A baby hippo found desperately nudging its dead mother at a lake in Kenya over the weekend is now being hand-reared at a wildlife sanctuary after being rescued.
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[2026-05-06 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Key (left) was kept in his position despite the Ashes defeat following the review by Gould (right)
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[2026-05-06 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A woman was fatally stabbed by her "angry" partner before he went on to cause a gas explosion at their home in east London, a court has been told.
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[2026-05-06 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A massive 'megatsunami' wave created when part of an Alaskan mountain crumbled into the sea is the second tallest ever recorded – and a reminder of the risks posed by melting glaciers, say scientists.
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[2026-05-06 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The battlefield in Ukraine could soon feature more robot than human soldiers - that is the startling claim made by a Ukrainian-British military start-up.
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[2026-05-06 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of breaching a unilateral ceasefire announced by Ukraine by launching a wave of drone attacks on several cities.
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[2026-05-06 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A British court has convicted four members of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action over a 2024 raid on an Israeli-linked defense facility in Bristol, which they suspected was supplying the Israeli military with arms. The case has caused debate over the UK’s role in Israel’s campaign in Gaza, which led to widespread destruction and thousands of civilian casualties.
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[2026-05-06 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The BBC has confirmed that five members of Strictly Come Dancing's professional line-up have left the show, as preparations begin for this year's series.
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[2026-05-06 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: 'The US is now a soccer nation'
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[2026-05-06 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Mikel Arteta led Arsenal to the Champions League quarter-finals in 2023-24 and the semi-finals in 2024-25
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[2026-05-06 21:35 UTC+10:00] [5G] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: It's not just China: American technology companies should brace for new European supply chain security rules too, the key lawmaker reforming the European Union's cybersecurity regulation said on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-06 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Police have raided around 50 homes and other locations, targeting people suspected of involvement in far-right criminal youth groups that have recently emerged in Germany.
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[2026-05-06 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Two people have been arrested in connection with a BBC undercover investigation into immigration advisers helping some asylum seekers pretend to be gay to stay in the country.
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[2026-05-06 21:19 UTC+10:00] [Infectious diseases] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The president of Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday pushed back against plans to allow a cruise ship suffering a deadly onboard hantavirus outbreak to dock in Tenerife.
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[2026-05-06 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The death of a 12-year-old girl after she was hit by a falling branch while playing on a rope swing was an accident, a coroner has ruled.
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[2026-05-06 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Belgian politics] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Belgium are under renewed pressure after Donald Trump’s envoy lashed out over plans to prosecute two Jewish men who perform ritual circumcisions.
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[2026-05-06 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clashed with prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh on Wednesday during his testimony in Case 4000, as the cross-examination returned to Walla’s coverage of him and his Likud campaign during the final days of the 2015 election.
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[2026-05-06 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Campaigners are calling for a ban on the use of the weedkiller glyphosate to dry crops at harvest time because of concerns about its impact on human health.
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[2026-05-06 20:35 UTC+10:00] [Cloud] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — An upcoming law to boost the EU’s cloud industry will seek to ensure Europe does not become a technology “colony,” a senior Commission official said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-06 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-05-06 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has officially launched a new mechanism to oversee maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz amid a lingering standoff with the US over the strategic waterway, state outlet Press TV reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 20:14 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A French container ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, injuring several crew members, amid U.S. President Donald Trump's on-and-off guarantee of escorting commercial vessels through the critical waterway.
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[2026-05-06 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Green Party leader Zack Polanski has acknowledged he was wrong to say he had been a spokesman for the British Red Cross.
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[2026-05-06 19:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Wednesday unveiled five more candidates for the upcoming parliamentary election in June, to be held the same day as South Korea's local election.
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[2026-05-06 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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