Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In Richland County, the power of the sun is on the primary ballot.
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[2026-05-01 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security will finally receive most of its funding again after the longest lapse in US history following a House vote Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has called on his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
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[2026-05-01 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 has found that the Army "lost control" in a number of cases and "overreacted to a perceived threat".
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[2026-05-01 03:04 UTC+10:00] [Children's health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Belgium’s federal government on Thursday approved a ban on flavored vapes, with only tobacco-flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes allowed on the market from September 2028.
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[2026-05-01 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The man suspected of stabbing two Jewish men in north London was previously referred to the government's counter-extremism programme Prevent.
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[2026-05-01 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May.
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[2026-05-01 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A Jewish man stabbed in the Golders Green attack has told the BBC "it's a very big miracle" he survived.
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[2026-05-01 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media has reported.
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[2026-05-01 02:37 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to pull U.S. troops out of Germany — but turning a social media edict into an actual withdrawal is far more complicated.
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[2026-05-01 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A former singer for Spandau Ballet who believed he could have "sex on demand" has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of eight charges, including rape and attempted rape.
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[2026-05-01 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A total of 107 weightlifters have been sanctioned as part of Operation Lims, the highest number of athletes from any sport
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[2026-05-01 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: No interest rate rise is going to force an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, or clear the "hazardous area" of mines.
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[2026-05-01 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: There is a palpable sense of shock and anger in the community in Golders Green, which has been targeted again just five weeks on from the attack on four Jewish charity ambulances - a short walk away from Wednesday morning's double stabbing.
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[2026-05-01 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: John Higgins is appearing in his 12th Crucible semi-final
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[2026-05-01 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The prime minister's sister-in-law was "scared" and "struggling to breathe" after an arson attack at her home, the Old Bailey has heard.
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[2026-05-01 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Lefty Los Angeles politicians want to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections — arguing that illegal migrants should have the right to pick leaders and shape policies in one of America’s largest cities.
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[2026-05-01 01:39 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned Europe against putting itself in a position of weakness, saying Thursday the bloc should not “humiliate” itself by begging Moscow to negotiate.
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[2026-05-01 01:31 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Belgium is seeking to nationalize its nuclear power industry, Prime Minister Bart De Wever announced Thursday, in a bid to keep running parts of its aging reactor fleet that were otherwise headed toward closure.
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[2026-05-01 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lampard has managed close to 300 games at Derby, Everton, Chelsea and Coventry
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[2026-05-01 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three teenagers have been sentenced for killing a man they thought was a paedophile on a Kent beach.
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[2026-05-01 01:21 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Der wirtschaftspolitische Podcast von POLITICO Deutschland.
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[2026-05-01 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Adam Hamilton, a Methodist mega-church pastor from Kansas, talks to voters as he wraps up a U.S. Senate listening tour on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Limitless Brewing in Lenexa, Kansas. (AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth)
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[2026-05-01 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Xavier Becerra has broken ranks with the other Democratic California gubernatorial candidates, with his staunch defense of big oil.
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[2026-05-01 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A trainee drove a bus into the River Seine after hitting a parked car and veering off the road on Thursday morning, officials have said.
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[2026-05-01 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia, more than 1,500km from the front line.
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[2026-05-01 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-05-01 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mark Sanford, former congressman and South Carolina governor, takes questions from reporters as he campaigns for his former U.S. House seat at a Dorchester County GOP event Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Summerville, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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[2026-05-01 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A new European task force formed to crack down on “violence as a service” has made 280 arrests in its first year, the EU’s police agency, Europol, has said in a statement.
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[2026-05-01 00:33 UTC+10:00] [Antitrust] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — A seemingly innocent manual on how the EU executive vets corporate deals is exposing differences between President Ursula von der Leyen and her number two in charge of competition, Teresa Ribera.
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[2026-05-01 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Bank of England has revealed some interesting details on the ways our finances might be affected as the conflict in the Middle East hits the economy.
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[2026-05-01 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon’s latest cost assessment of the war against Iran is a lowball figure that does not include the extensive damage to US military bases during the conflict, CNN has reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — House Republicans barely passed a budget blueprint to unlock more than $70 billion in future funding for immigration enforcement late Wednesday in a vote that was held open for more than five hours due to intra-party disputes.
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[2026-05-01 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has charged that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman “stole a charity” and called himself a “fool” for funding the company, claiming that the ChatGPT maker had strayed from its original nonprofit mission.
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[2026-05-01 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The British billionaire behind a record donation to Reform UK has insisted Sir Keir Starmer's planned crackdown on political finance will not stop him from giving money to the party.
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[2026-05-01 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed ambassador to Australia Pierre-André Imbert as his new chief of staff. He will succeed Emmanuel Moulin, who is now free to run for governor of the Bank of France.
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[2026-05-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US voting rights] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The organizations that fought for majority-minority districts across the US south are organizing their next steps
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[2026-04-30 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Supreme Court has voided a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by ruling that the electoral map of Louisiana had been drawn up unconstitutionally to create two Black-majority districts.
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[2026-04-30 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain and other north European states will create naval force outside of NATO to counter Russia, first sea lord and chief of naval staff in the UK, General Gwyn Jenkins, has said.
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[2026-04-30 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has had to instruct some of its AI tools to stop talking about goblins, after finding the term had randomly crept into responses.
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[2026-04-30 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Manchester City have beaten Everton at Goodison Park in each of the past eight seasons, but can they repeat that result on their first visit to Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday?
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[2026-04-30 23:00 UTC+10:00] [5G] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Britain will take a “grown up” approach to Chinese involvement in its energy system, a senior government official told POLITICO, after the government blocked a deal which would have seen a Chinese firm build a wind turbine factory in Scotland.
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[2026-04-30 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday she was suspending her campaign for the US Senate — clearing the way for far-left candidate Graham Platner to face five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
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[2026-04-30 22:55 UTC+10:00] [E Jean Carroll] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Decision from federal appeals court comes almost 18 months after Trump appealed following 2024 election win
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[2026-04-30 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Saba Capital, the activist hedge fund led by Boaz Weinstein, has won a dramatic victory in its long-running campaign against the board of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust.
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[2026-04-30 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer has been jeered by protesters as he visited Golders Green following an attack on two Jewish men on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Millie Bright was Chelsea captain from 2023 until her retirement
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[2026-04-30 22:38 UTC+10:00] [Europe’s economic recovery] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank on Thursday decided to keep its key interest rate at 2 percent, opting for patience as it gauges the economic fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-30 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s envoy for South Asia, Sergio Gor, is visiting Nepal on Thursday, hoping to clinch a meeting with a prime minister averse to meeting to junior officials from foreign countries, local media has reported.
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[2026-04-30 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The mother of one of two Jewish men stabbed in Golders Green has told the BBC she hopes he is home in time for Shabbat, the weekly Jewish day of rest that starts on Friday evening.
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