Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-18 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A Kanye West concert in Poland has been cancelled, the venue has announced, following government pressure and condemnation over a string of antisemitic, racist and pro-Nazi comments by the US rapper.
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[2026-04-18 04:10 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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[2026-04-18 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The popular image of Theodor Herzl as a secular, assimilated Viennese journalist who stumbled into Zionism after covering the Dreyfus trial has never sat well with Yaakov Hagoel.
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[2026-04-18 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Fans will have to pay more than $100 to catch a train to MetLife Stadium for the eight World Cup fixtures
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[2026-04-18 03:30 UTC+10:00] [Antitrust] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BARCELONA — The EU’s revised merger guidelines will not offer a free pass for European industries to consolidate, the bloc’s competition chief Teresa Ribera told POLITICO.
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[2026-04-18 03:20 UTC+10:00] [Macron] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — European leaders pledged to rapidly ramp up a multinational effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said it would reopen the vital waterway to maritime traffic, even if Donald Trump doesn't want their help.
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[2026-04-18 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Marco Rose played under Jurgen Klopp at Mainz
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[2026-04-18 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lifting weights while pregnant - why Ward is 'changing the narrative'
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[2026-04-18 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In the early hours of 19 July 2003, a 33-year-old mother of two was walking home alone through a semi-rural part of Salford after a blazing row with her boyfriend.
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[2026-04-18 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates in relation to alleged serious organised crime offences.
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[2026-04-18 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and gas station company Cleantech sealed on Thursday a three-year partnership that runs through the country’s campaign in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
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[2026-04-18 02:35 UTC+10:00] [Beef] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS ― The EU is to game out how it would respond if one of its countries was attacked.
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[2026-04-18 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 120,000 people have joined Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon for an open-air Mass, the biggest crowd so far during his 11-day Africa tour.
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[2026-04-18 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Mikel Arteta is hoping to guide Arsenal to their first Premier League title for 22 years
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[2026-04-18 02:07 UTC+10:00] [Airlines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — There is “no indication” of jet fuel shortages causing widespread flight cancellations in Europe, Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said Friday, speaking hours before Iran lifted its Strait of Hormuz blockade.
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[2026-04-18 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Police investigating the rape of a woman by several men outside a church in Epsom say they have "not found any evidence" that the offence took place as initially reported.
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[2026-04-18 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer has said it's "staggering" that he, as prime minister, was not told about Lord Peter Mandelson failing to pass initial security vetting checks.
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[2026-04-18 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An ultra-marathon champion who died while running in the Highlands was in the final stages of planning his wedding, his fiancée has said.
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[2026-04-18 01:33 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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[2026-04-18 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing new calls to resign after it was confirmed that disgraced former British Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson had been appointed despite not being cleared by security officials.
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[2026-04-18 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A nursery, its boss and a worker have been sentenced over the death of a 14-month-old boy who was subjected to "excessive" force as staff tried to make him sleep.
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[2026-04-18 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund bought a majority stake in Newcastle United in 2021
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[2026-04-18 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: With not one, but two ceasefires in place across the Middle East, is the scene now set for a pair of historic breakthroughs?
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[2026-04-18 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The actor Finnian Garbutt, known for his role in BBC police drama Hope Street, has died "peacefully at home".
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[2026-04-18 01:12 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The EU is prepared to send additional warships as part of a mission to protect shipping in the Middle East and keep the Strait of Hormuz open “once a ceasefire takes hold,” the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said Friday.
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[2026-04-18 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: American businessman Todd Boehly has been co-controlling owner of Chelsea since June 2022, when the BlueCo consortium he is part of purchased the club from former owner Roman Abramovich
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[2026-04-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Taylor painted a grim picture of migration that fits more with his tenuous political position than the state of the country
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[2026-04-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [NBA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian guard has endured a mixed campaign but will be one of the Hawks’ main protagonists in a marquee match-up against the New York Knicks
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[2026-04-18 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Warning: This story contains distressing content
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[2026-04-18 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU’s newly unveiled age‑verification app is a “surveillance tool” disguised as a privacy‑respecting solution, Telegram founder Pavel Durov has warned. Security researchers were reportedly able to bypass its protections in under two minutes.
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[2026-04-18 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) - which was notoriously abused so spy on the 2016 Trump campaign, and has been used for "backdoor searches" targeting Americans. Friday's vote - via unanimous consent after a longer five-year reauthorization pushed by Republicns failed to advance - extends Section 702 until April 30.
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[2026-04-18 00:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In February, the Department of Homeland Security purchased an empty warehouse for more than $128m in Social Circle, Georgia that it plans to turn into a detention centre. The centre would house 10,000 people and double the population of Social Circle.
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[2026-04-18 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least four vessels tracked from Iranian ports appear to have crossed a US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, BBC Verify analysis of ship-tracking data suggests.
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[2026-04-18 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At the stroke of midnight, gunfire and fireworks celebrated the start of the ceasefire in Beirut.
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[2026-04-18 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Max Verstappen's highest finish so far this season is sixth
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[2026-04-18 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU and NATO officials fear that European armies would be unable to conduct a major military operation – such as a hypothetical war with Russia that Brussels continues to claim could be imminent – without a secure supply of fossil fuels. EU lawmakers and NATO officials met this week to assess how reliance on oil affects military readiness, according to Euractiv.
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[2026-04-18 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On 8 April, Israel's military launched the psychopathically titled Operation Eternal Darkness against Lebanon, with predictably macabre results. In the span of a mere 10 minutes, Israel struck more than 100 sites across the country, killing more than 300 people and wounding at least 1,150.
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[2026-04-18 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Cuban government attempted to open a direct back-channel with US President Donald Trump last week, tapping a private businessman to hand-deliver a sealed letter to the White House, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources.
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[2026-04-18 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Oil prices have plummeted after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz would be "completely open" to commercial ships for the remainder of the ceasefire.
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[2026-04-18 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The prime minister will appear before MPs on Monday to explain what went wrong, after it emerged that Lord Mandelson did not pass inital security vetting checks ahead of taking up the role of ambassador to the United States.
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[2026-04-17 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US could impose travel restrictions on European officials attending the FIFA World Cup this summer over concerns of rising anti-Semitism, Euractiv has reported.
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[2026-04-17 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has announced that it will allow passage for “all commercial vessels” through the strategic Strait of Hormuz following the declaration of a 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. However, US President Donald Trump has vowed to maintain his blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-04-17 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In recent weeks, the AI world has been a-buzz following claims made by leading firm, Anthropic, regarding its new model, Claude Mythos.
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[2026-04-17 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A man whose XL bully dog mauled an 84-year-old to death in a "savage attack" has been jailed.
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[2026-04-17 23:27 UTC+10:00] [Brexit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Experts say Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ voters
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[2026-04-17 23:13 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The Pentagon’s top policy official is warning that future military support for Ukraine cannot depend on the United States, sharpening pressure on European allies to take the lead.
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[2026-04-17 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has once again attacked the press, accusing journalists of producing an “endless stream of garbage” in their coverage of the Iran conflict and comparing the Pentagon media pool to the Pharisees, a Jewish group in the Bible who often clashed with Jesus.
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[2026-04-17 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Guardiola on Arsenal's title run
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[2026-04-17 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has expanded its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, telling its military to pursue Iran-linked vessels everywhere around the globe, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, has said.
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[2026-04-17 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is now completely open, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi declared on Friday. He added that the waterway will remain open for the remainder of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
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