[2026-08-05 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: McDonald's reports slower US sales in 2nd quarter

Snippet: NEW YORK — McDonald's reported slower sales growth in the US market in the second quarter as executives blamed too many simultaneous promotional offers, including a World Cup campaign that disappointed.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/05/business/mcdonalds-reports-slower-us-sales-in-2nd-quarter/2398513

[2026-08-05 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: EU sets new Russian gas record despite ban plans – data

Snippet: The EU has been importing record volumes of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) despite a push to fully stop imports from Russia, Bloomberg has reported. Plans exist to end long-term imports of Russian LNG from next year after the EU already banned purchases under new short-term contracts. Yet its latest watered-down sanctions package carved out exemptions for European companies to continue transporting Russian LNG to third-country markets after some member states balked at measures they said would damage their own

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/643857-eu-russian-lng-imports/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-08-05 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

Snippet: Elon Musk's SpaceX in June became a publicly traded company.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qvpveg20vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil’s ambassador to US

Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to supporters during the Workers’ Party convention, where he was confirmed as the party’s presidential candidate for the next election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-brazil-lula-ambassador-diplomats-4d7f64110fff5dda2ffd374d5e52c682

[2026-08-05 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Knesset panel approves budget transfer of NIS 270 million to haredi education during recess

Snippet: The Knesset Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the transfer of approximately NIS 270 million to haredi (ultra-Orthodox) education institutions amid the Knesset’s recess ahead of the election.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-904587

[2026-08-05 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Paramount chief executive David Ellison breaks silence on Warner Bros mega merger

Snippet: Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison has broken his silence, defending his company's $110bn (£86bn) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qvp2nkxd9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in preseason coaches poll

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)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/coaches-poll-college-football-d17fb98b675b8bce709dc9bcda6e726e

[2026-08-05 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Wisconsin judge rules that paper absentee ballots violates rights of disabled people

Snippet: Signs are displayed outside a polling place, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/disabled-voters-wisconsin-electronic-election-c847246796ff0ae8382b2c2a332a59bf

[2026-08-05 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Brutal karma for Dem congress candidate blasting music on packed tropical beach

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/hawaiian-democrat-kirill-basin-arrested-for-threatening-man-with-knife/

[2026-08-05 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Mississippi lawmakers launch redistricting process

Snippet: Lawmakers on Monday took the first steps toward potentially redrawing Mississippi’s legislative, congressional and judicial districts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Louisiana v. Callais decision that weakened minority voting protections.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-lawmakers-redistricting-supreme-court-ruling-2656052fe1d2f45e6c22cbf9a9d38c70

[2026-08-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 92]

Source: The Age

Title: Footy’s silly season is just around the corner. Here’s who could be on the move

Snippet: The AFL’s home-and-away campaign is winding down, and finals are edging closer – but so, too, is the “silly season”.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/footy-s-silly-season-is-just-around-the-corner-here-s-who-could-be-on-the-move-20260804-p60l6u.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-05 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Man Utd set to appoint ex-Hearts boss Olid as women's manager

Snippet: Eva Olid guided Hearts to their first Scottish league title last season

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c86n72316g1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: DOJ sends monitors to Michigan poll sites as lawmakers warn of partisan aim

Snippet: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it has sent federal monitors to polls in four Democratic-leaning cities in Michigan, amid warnings that the administration of United States President Donald Trump could use such monitors for partisan aims.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/4/doj-sends-monitors-to-michigan-poll-sites-as-lawmakers-warn-of-partisan-aim

[2026-08-05 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: NATO units forget they’re not the EU

Snippet: As the European Central Bank weighs how its new euro banknotes will look, NATO’s airborne surveillance unit has a novel suggestion: plaster the European notes with images of American military hardware.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/643858-nato-eu-euro-banknotes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-08-05 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Fifa] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Fifa accused of using ‘blackmail’ to force support for Infantino’s re-election bid

Snippet: Jordan FA president says Fifa threatened to block funds

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/04/arsene-wenger-gianni-infantino-grafstrom-criticise-world-cup-plan-fifa

[2026-08-05 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Lawn signs for Abdul, door knocking for Haley: Michigan Jews split in Senate Democratic primary

Snippet: Karen Bick has spent the days leading up to Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary fielding calls from Jewish friends urging her to vote for US Rep. Haley Stevens.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-904585

[2026-08-05 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: EU faces billions in wildfire costs – FT

Snippet: Wildfires in the EU have caused more than €3 billion ($3.46 billion) in damages so far this year, exceeding the European Commission’s average annual estimate, the Financial Times has reported.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/643856-eu-wildfire-restoration-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-08-05 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: BBC News

Title: How Italians are avoiding the worst of the heat this summer

Snippet: Temperatures across Italy are soaring to levels deemed threatening to people's health and wellbeing.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05q1gz0p1yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Tributes paid to 'quietly seismic' theatre director and playwright Peter Gill

Snippet: Gill performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a successful directing career

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl72p33018o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Israel election pressure fuels settlement push as West Bank violence surges

Snippet: As Israel gears up to hold elections in October, a dramatic surge in settlement activity has heightened concerns that the settler movement is stepping up efforts to cement its grip on the occupied West Bank, in stark defiance of international law.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/4/israel-election-pressure-fuels-settlement-push-as-west-bank-violence-surges

[2026-08-05 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: Bella Hadid co-signs summer’s short shorts trend in sizzling Alo campaign

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/08/04/style/bella-hadid-stars-in-sizzling-alo-campaign/

[2026-08-05 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Laura Loomer is fighting a losing war against reality itself

Snippet: By Constantin von Hoffmeister, a political and cultural commentator from Germany, author of the book The Fate of White America and director of Multipolar Press

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/643834-laura-loomer-war-reality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-08-05 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Obama-honored anti-women’s violence hero charged with beating and stalking girlfriend in appalling campaign of terror

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/los-angeles-lawyer-charged-with-stalking-and-beating-girlfriend/

[2026-08-05 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: USA TODAY SPORTS/US LBM PRESEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES POLL

Snippet: The preseason US LBM coaches poll Top 25 with team’s records FROM LAST SEASON in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last year’s final poll and first-place votes received.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/james-madison-college-football-college-sports-0688c064405a7cea85e0698de2a414a0

[2026-08-05 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Former FIFA VP Prince Ali cites 'blackmail' by Infantino-led soccer body

Snippet: Newly elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino, of Switzerland, right, is congratulated by fellow candidate Prince Ali Al-Hussein, of Jordan, left, after the second election round during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/fifa-infantino-jordan-prince-ali-a102bfe84ca8c9da80462cf4b7dac6ad

[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: High Court asks Levin whether he will advance PID appointments before election

Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered Justice Minister Yariv Levin to clarify whether he intends to advance senior appointments to the Police Investigation Department (PID) before the October 27 election.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-904580

[2026-08-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Princess Eugenie gives birth to baby girl in Portugal

Snippet: Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq81pxw5gro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: GB Snowsport loses UK Sport funding but athletes unaffected

Snippet: Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won Team GB's first gold medal on snow at a Winter Olympics

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cz971074eezo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Athletes go 'missing' after Commonwealth Games ends

Snippet: Nuhu Batte is one of several athletes alleged to have disappeared after the Commonwealth Games ended

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxj5xl0pxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Why £1m-a-season deal will be hard for Pollock and Hearn to find

Snippet: Pollock holds the record as the youngest English try-scorer in Six Nations history

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/ckg4y9ylr77o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: BBC News

Title: Betty, 97, breaks record for oldest wingwalker

Snippet: A 97-year-old woman who suffered a stroke in 2025 has broken the Guinness World Record for being the oldest female wing walker.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g6pdem336o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: Socialist Dem Gov. frontrunner gives stunning response when asked if she still wants to ‘cancel Thanksgiving’

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/wisconsin-gov-candidate-hong-gives-stunning-response-about-canceling-thanksgiving/

[2026-08-05 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack

Snippet: Drone appears to chase Ukrainian man and detonate near him

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4n03xg981o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Fires started 'deliberately' on mountain as crews tackle blaze

Snippet: Wildfire breaks out on Llanwonno mountain

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz05xp0vvpro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Why institutions never outgrow presidents

Snippet: LAST week I suggested that perhaps we Filipinos have been asking the wrong questions. For generations we have searched for the president who would finally rescue the Republic. Every election becomes another national audition for a savior. And every administration eventually discovers the same frustrating reality: Governing a country is infinitely more difficult than winning an election.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/05/opinion/columns/why-institutions-never-outgrow-presidents/2398165

[2026-08-05 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: EU commends Spain's 'swift response' to Ceuta migrant crisis

Snippet: Hundreds of migrants were pictured lined up on a beach in Ceuta to collect aid on Tuesday

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80n3j55g0do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: BBC News

Title: 'We are cool' - Szoboszlai plays down Liverpool row

Snippet: Dominik Szoboszlai signed a new five-year deal with Liverpool in July

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c62e98j4g8vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 01:33 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: Channel rescue brings Burnham’s border pledge into focus

Snippet: French and British authorities rescued more than 150 migrants from a distressed boat crossing the English Channel Tuesday after the vessel’s engine caught fire.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/channel-rescue-puts-andy-burnham-border-pledge-to-focus/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-08-05 01:08 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination will advance to full US Senate vote

Snippet: Blanche, one of Trump’s most trusted legal aides, confirmed in writing that $1.8bn slush fund for president’s allies was dead

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/todd-blanche-attorney-general-senate-committee-vote

[2026-08-05 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: What's behind having to release some prisoners early?

Snippet: The government has changed its plan to release thousands of offenders in England and Wales well before the end of their sentences in an attempt to make space in prisons.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3rxlyz6w3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Blanche approved by Judiciary Committee, sending Trump's AG nominee to full Senate vote

Snippet: Todd Blanche was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday by a vote of 12-10, sending President Donald Trump's pick to be attorney general to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/todd-blanche-weaponization-fund-senate-confirmation.html

[2026-08-05 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: The ‘extremely effective’ campaigns undermining support for renewables – podcast

Snippet: Despite most Australians supporting clean technology, the campaign against wind and solar infrastructure has proven to be effective, striking a chord with many of those living in remote and rural areas. So how do we bring everyone along on the transition to a renewable energy-focused future? And who’s putting up roadblocks?

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/aug/05/the-extremely-effective-campaigns-undermining-support-for-renewables-full-story-podcast

[2026-08-05 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: BBC News

Title: Oil prices fall on hopes Strait of Hormuz could reopen

Snippet: Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw9v0gnzxwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 00:32 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: Kyiv’s former top commander says NATO is too outdated for Ukraine

Snippet: NATO's reliance on the "doctrines of World War II" and its slow adaptation to new forms of warfare make it unlikely Ukraine will ever join the alliance, said Kyiv's Ambassador to the U.K. and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/kyiv-former-top-commander-says-nato-too-outdated-for-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-08-05 00:13 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: EU ministers close ranks behind Spain after Ceuta migration crisis

Snippet: BRUSSELS — EU interior ministers sought to draw a line under five days of bitter recriminations over the arrival of 72,000 migrants in Ceuta, closing ranks behind Spain and accusing smugglers and foreign actors of exploiting the crisis to divide the bloc.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-ministers-back-spain-after-ceuta-migration-crisis/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-08-05 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Huge wasp nest takes over wildlife trust's office

Snippet: Eilish Rothney said she first noticed the nest in June after being out conducting surveys on the reserves she manages

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvl881jeveo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: UK police hacked by cybercriminals – Times

Snippet: The data of more than 100,000 UK police officers and staff has appeared on the dark web after the hackers breached a key law enforcement database, the Times has reported.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/643836-uk-police-leak-hackers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-08-04 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Mass funeral in Gaza for 112 Palestinians killed in 2023 Israeli strike

Snippet: Hundreds attended the funeral for the members of the Abu Sharia and Hassayna families

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0n99npjejo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-04 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Which area has the best grades? Key takeaways from Scotland's exam results

Snippet: Pupils at Broughton High School in Edinburgh received their 2026 Qualifications Scotland grades

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v0dx120nyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-04 23:50 UTC+10:00] [Defense budgets] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: Ukraine becomes fault line in Italy’s next election

Snippet: Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who leads the left-wing 5Star Movement, set off a political firestorm this week by casting doubt on further military aid to Ukraine if the center-left wins the next election.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-becomes-fault-line-next-italy-election/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication