Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-04 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Welcome to RT’s live coverage of the US-Israeli war against Iran and the wider regional escalation, marked by ongoing missile and drone exchanges.
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[2026-04-04 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: More than 100 US-based international law experts have warned that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, citing violations of the UN Charter, attacks on civilian infrastructure, and alarming rhetoric from senior officials.
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[2026-04-04 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-04-04 01:16 UTC+10:00] [Big Tech] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Technology companies in Europe face a cliff edge on Saturday, as a law allowing them to scan online messages for child abuse material expires.
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[2026-04-04 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: If UN member states allow Israel to dismantle the only agency that provides education and health services to Palestinians, all other UN agencies could face the same fate, the outgoing commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) has told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-04-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Airlines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to export more oil to make up for Iran war-induced supply crunches.
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[2026-04-04 00:58 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: That report gives the president some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.
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[2026-04-04 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Over half of US federal judges (60%) are using at least one AI tool in their judicial work, a recent Northwestern University study suggests. The research is based on responses from 112 federal judges, drawn from a random sample of 502 federal bankruptcy, magistrate, district court, and appellate court officials.
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[2026-04-04 00:49 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The president says the U.S. can walk away from the Strait of Hormuz. The global market says otherwise.
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[2026-04-04 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran is a victim of illegal aggression by the US and Israel, prominent American economist Jeffrey Sachs has told RT’s Sanchez Effect, rejecting Washington’s claims that Tehran was seeking a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-04 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iran war has ushered in the “end of American Empire”, conservative host Tucker Carlson has argued, suggesting that US President Donald Trump’s call for allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz proved that Washington could no longer function as the world’s policeman.
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[2026-04-04 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Supreme Court dismisses Young Poong's final appeal, with all three court levels confirming the legality of Korea Zinc's voting rights restrictions
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[2026-04-04 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Multiple weapons experts have disputed a US claim that Iran may have been responsible for a deadly strike on the town of Lamerd on the first day of the war.
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[2026-04-04 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The four astronauts on Nasa's Artemis II mission are the first humans since 1972 to leave Earth orbit.
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[2026-04-03 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU will not reverse its ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, even as Brussels prepares for a “long-lasting” energy shock that could force member states to ration fuel, Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has said.
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[2026-04-03 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Kiskunhalas, Hungary. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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[2026-04-03 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An alleged corruption scheme involving the embezzlement of $17.7 million worth of grain has been uncovered in Ukraine, implicating senior officials of a state grain corporation and an unnamed foreign company.
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[2026-04-03 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 100 experts on international law have signed an open letter expressing "profound concern" about what they see as serious violations of international law by the US, Israel and Iran in the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-03 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: From a lectern at the White House, US President Donald Trump offered his latest assessment on how long the US-Israeli war with Iran might last.
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[2026-04-03 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche has dismissed reports that President Donald Trump fired former AG Pam Bondi over her botched handling of the Epstein files.
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[2026-04-03 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that there will be strikes on its bridges and electric power plants if its leaders do not agree to his terms to end the war.
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[2026-04-03 21:22 UTC+10:00] [Myanmar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Min Aung Hlaing seized control five years ago and plunged Myanmar into conflict and economic chaos
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[2026-04-03 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Around half of Iran’s missile launchers and kamikaze drones remain intact despite a month of US-Israeli strikes, CNN reports, citing a military intelligence assessment.
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[2026-04-03 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Voting machines are seen at the Bartow County Election office, Jan. 25, 2024, in Cartersville, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
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[2026-04-03 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The conviction of two leaders of the Palestine solidarity movement, Chris Nineham, the vice-chair of the Stop the War Coalition, and Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, for breaching police conditions as organisers of a peaceful Palestine protest has been widely seen as a direct assault on the right to protest.
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[2026-04-03 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has fired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, the service’s top uniformed officer, in a lingering row over promotion linked to race and gender, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Hegseth also reportedly dismissed two other generals in a purge which is feared to be undermining the US war on Iran.
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[2026-04-03 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations Security Council has postponed a vote on a proposal to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Friday to Saturday, according to media reports.
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[2026-04-03 17:13 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister criticises security council vote on military protection for shipping in the strait a ‘provocative action’
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[2026-04-03 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Myanmar’s coup leader has won a parliamentary vote to become the country’s president, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government.
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[2026-04-03 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned against any “provocative action” ahead of an expected UN Security Council vote on the possible use of force in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-03 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Aung Kyaw Soe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: His transition from top general to civilian president follows a recent lopsided election won overwhelmingly by an army-backed party
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[2026-04-03 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-04-03 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Friday picked former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum as its sole candidate for Daegu mayor, a traditional conservative stronghold, in the upcoming June 3 local elections.
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[2026-04-03 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Elections
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[2026-04-03 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rose back to its previous high of 67 percent partly on the back of positive views on his livelihood-related policies, a poll showed Friday.
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[2026-04-03 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Members of the Security Council vote on a resolution at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-04-03 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was accused of mishandling the release of files related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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[2026-04-03 11:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-03 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ESPN and Disney’s merger with NFL Network has the Worldwide Leader shuffling its on-air talent.
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[2026-04-03 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Top congressional Democrats, party campaign arms and allied groups are suing President Donald Trump and his administration over a sweeping order he signed this week that would increase federal involvement in elections.
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[2026-04-03 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An appeals court in the state of Colorado has ordered the resentencing of Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted of involvement in an election meddling scheme in the United States.
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[2026-04-03 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A DSA longshot for a New York City congressional seat annually accepts as much as $20,000 from a Texas casino despite voting to foil a union-backed gaming project in her own borough, The Post has learned.
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[2026-04-03 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Inaccurate media reporting on the latest statements by the defense team in Charlie Kirk’s murder case shows that there is a real risk of “poisoning the jury” and affecting the trial, former lawyer and a legal commentator David Freiheit has told RT.
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[2026-04-03 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is facing a looming energy crisis and the only way to survive is to lift sanctions on Russian oil and gas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on X on Thursday.
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[2026-04-03 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Basketball player Cheryl Miller speaks beside Julie Church, Delta State women’s basketball assistant coach, during an event Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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[2026-04-03 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-04-03 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As Californians suffer from highest-in-the-nation gas prices, GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton has one easy fix — follow Australia.
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[2026-04-03 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-03 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Matt Mahan’s campaign for California governor is facing internal turmoil as weak polling just two months before the primary election has led to the San Jose mayor parting ways with his top political consultant.
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[2026-04-03 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: NASA launched its first crewed lunar flight in more than 50 years on Wednesday, as the Artemis II mission began with liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission comes at the dawning of a new age of competition in space.
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