Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-26 05:35 UTC+10:00] [Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is stepping down after his party’s landslide election defeat earlier this month, said on Saturday that he is giving up his seat in Hungary’s parliament but intends to remain leader of the Fidesz party.
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[2026-04-26 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hungary's outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he will not take up his seat in parliament after his party was defeated in a landslide that ended his 16-year rule.
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[2026-04-26 05:10 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A Republican-backed proposal in California to create new voter identification requirements and citizenship audits is set to appear on the ballot in November, part of a nationwide G.O.P. push to tighten voting laws.
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[2026-04-26 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and central Gaza voted on Saturday in municipal elections, the first since Israel's war on Gaza started, marked by low turnout and a narrow slate of contenders amid continuing Israeli attacks.
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[2026-04-26 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters after receiving the results of a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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[2026-04-26 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Palhinha scores crucial goal to boost Spurs' survival hopes
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[2026-04-26 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Special operations can fail for many reasons – from a tragic accident to a lack of information or a hasty decision. And the costs of such mistakes range from the sullen faces of officials and predatory reporters at the door, to the worst outcome – hundreds of victims. There is an old proverb that all intelligence agents should be taught: “For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for
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[2026-04-26 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Mexican government says two US agents who died last weekend in a car crash had not been authorised to operate in the country.
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[2026-04-26 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US rescue operation inside Iran earlier this month was actually a botched attempt by Washington to seize Tehran’s enriched uranium, geostrategic analyst Christopher Helali has said.
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[2026-04-26 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Expect the fight against fraud to dominate the Republican agenda in Congress and on the campaign trail in the months ahead: It’s past time to stop the theft of tens and even hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars from programs meant to help the sick, needy and otherwise vulnerable.
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[2026-04-26 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Salah took his time to applaud the Anfield crowd when leaving the field against Crystal Palace
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[2026-04-26 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior figures on Israel’s political right are holding quiet talks on forming a new “statesmanlike” right-wing party that could reshape the next election, N12 reported on Friday night.
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[2026-04-26 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A key figure in the row over Lord Mandelson's vetting will not appear to give evidence before a parliamentary committee of MPs.
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[2026-04-26 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: York City were promoted in the most dramatic fashion - scoring in the 13th minute of stoppage time at title rivals Rochdale
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[2026-04-26 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US allies are no longer sure that Washington is a “reliable” partner, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.
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[2026-04-26 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: England captain Meg Jones scored her second and third tries of the tournament
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[2026-04-26 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Palestinians went to the polls on Saturday in local municipal elections in a vote that will be closely watched to see what trends are percolating among the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
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[2026-04-26 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: American economist Jeffrey Sachs has sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran was heavily influenced by what he described as Netanyahu’s “fanatical” and misguided agenda.
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[2026-04-26 00:39 UTC+10:00] [Airspace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Two U.K. Eurofighter Typhoon jets took off early Saturday morning after Russian drones approached the Romanian border with Ukraine, Romania's defense ministry said.
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[2026-04-26 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and central Gaza on Saturday cast their ballot in municipal elections for the first time since Israel launched its war on Gaza.
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[2026-04-26 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary's incoming prime minister, Peter Magyar, has picked a blind lawyer to become the cabinet minister responsible for DEI affairs as part of a sweeping government overhaul following Viktor Orban’s election defeat.
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[2026-04-26 00:12 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ATHENS — French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday vowed to assist each other in case of security threats as they boosted bilateral defense cooperation.
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[2026-04-25 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Princess Catherine has attended a service at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the war dead of Australia and New Zealand.
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[2026-04-25 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli forces have bombed villages in southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people in two days and forcibly displacing residents as they press ahead with a Gaza-style campaign despite a ceasefire and direct talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington.
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[2026-04-25 22:54 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi touched down in Islamabad Friday night to negotiate a more lasting truce between Iran and the U.S. following a ceasefire agreement between the two countries.
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[2026-04-25 22:41 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ATHENS — French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday both called for spreading out the repayment of the EU's post-pandemic recovery plan and for more EU debt to finance the bloc's investment priorities.
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[2026-04-25 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: "We're living the dream," a minister jokes.
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[2026-04-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Welcome to The California Post’s weekly Dodgers recap, where baseball writers Dylan Hernández and Jack Harris review the week that was, hand out very official awards and take stock of the state of the season.
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[2026-04-25 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: John Higgins (left) and Ronnie O'Sullivan will continue their match on Sunday from 19:00 BST
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[2026-04-25 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Palestinians of the central Gaza Strip area of Deir el-Balah vote in the first municipal elections since the Gaza war, and since the 2006 legislative elections won by the Islamist movement Hamas.
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[2026-04-25 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Two British fighter jets that scrambled from a Romanian air base received a green light to shoot down Russian drones flying not far from the border with the NATO country, Romania’s Defense Ministry has said. Romanian and UK officials have stressed that the warplanes never entered Ukraine’s airspace, or opened fire on Russian UAVs.
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[2026-04-25 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In a finding that is at odds with the tally by opposition parties, a Tanzanian government-appointed commission of inquiry says at least 518 people died in last October’s election violence.
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[2026-04-25 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least seven people were killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight, including five in the central city of Dnipro, where officials said an apartment building was hit.
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[2026-04-25 20:02 UTC+10:00] [Data] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The head of the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has voluntarily stepped aside from official duties pending an HR investigation.
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[2026-04-25 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Armed groups have launched coordinated attacks across Mali, including in the capital Bamako, the country's army says.
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[2026-04-25 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. across the occupied West Bank, including in Al‑Bireh near Ramallah, as Palestinians voted in municipal elections widely seen as one of the few remaining forms of civic participation. Nearly 1.5 million people were eligible, according to the Central Elections Commission. The ballot will determine local councils responsible for services such as water, sanitation and infrastructure, but is taking place under Israeli occupation and pervasive movement restrictions.
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[2026-04-25 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The family of murdered toddler James Bulger say they have found items taken from his grave when it was vandalised.
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[2026-04-25 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Palestinians are voting in local elections on Saturday, including the first poll of any kind to be held in Gaza since 2006.
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[2026-04-25 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Palestinians in central Gaza and the occupied West Bank have begun voting in municipal elections, the first local vote held since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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[2026-04-25 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: With large-scale US military action against Iran apparently winding down, it is time for stage two of the campaign against the radical Islamic Republic: knocking the Ayatollahs and the Revolutionary Guards out of power.
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[2026-04-25 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Major US networks have turned a blind eye to an explosive undercover video in which a senior Pentagon official spoke about Ukraine’s rampant corruption and civilian casualties resulting from the war on Iran, O’Keefe Media Group journalist Michael Casey has told RT.
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[2026-04-25 17:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Only the bottom four have lost more league games than Newcastle United (15) this season
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[2026-04-25 17:01 UTC+10:00] [One Nation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former Liberal party senator, who was elected to state upper house in March, says flights ‘worth every cent’
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[2026-04-25 16:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Pep Guardiola, Pep Lijnders and Kolo Toure have arrived at a system that suits Manchester City's players
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[2026-04-25 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It was the stuff of movie fantasy - a digger gouging earth on a building site suddenly revealing a cascade of gold.
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[2026-04-25 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, will travel to Pakistan on Saturday to restart negotiations to end the war with Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday.
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[2026-04-25 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A statue commemorating the actor and writer Terry Jones will be unveiled in his birthplace this weekend.
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[2026-04-25 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinians in the West Bank and parts of the Gaza Strip began voting in municipal elections, the first since the war that began in October 2023.
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[2026-04-25 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Chloe Kelly has six goals and five assists for Arsenal this season despite only starting nine times in the Women's Super League and Champions League
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[2026-04-25 15:28 UTC+10:00] [Airports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are quickly becoming an economic and political force, accruing multi-billion dollar valuations and drawing support from key officials in the Trump administration.
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