Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: SA Premier Peter Malinauskas (left) appears poised to remain in office. Despite a preferencing shake-up, Liberals leader Ashton Hurn (centre) maintains her party does not endorse One Nation, led in SA by Corey Bernardi (right). Source: Getty
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[2026-03-20 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dakota Mortensen denied Taylor Frankie Paul’s allegations that he was creating a “desperate” and “destructive campaign to harm” her after a 2023 domestic violence video was released.
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[2026-03-20 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Democratic candidate for Congress, Kat Abughazaleh, holds a “Thank you for voting” sticker after voting in the Illinois primary election for the upcoming midterms, in Chicago, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-03-20 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Yegia Teshyan, coordinator of the Regional and International Relations Cluster at the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Relations at the American University of Beirut, spoke to the editor of Russia in Global Affairs, Fyodor Lukyanov, about the growing risk of a major war in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-20 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to city workers during a Ramadan iftar meal at the Museum of the City of New York on Thursday, March 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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[2026-03-20 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is now prioritizing refilling its own weapon stocks instead of sending them to Ukraine, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said, blaming the Biden administration for any “challenges” the US military has been facing lately.
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[2026-03-20 07:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An oil and gas price surge is about to hit Europe, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has warned, calling the EU’s rejection of Russian energy, “stubborn stupidity.”
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[2026-03-20 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FBI Director Kash Patel, listens during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
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[2026-03-20 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Angelique Donnellan
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[2026-03-20 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The 2026 election reflects Vietnam’s governance capacity and political maturity, Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih wrote in an article for VOV on the occasion of the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term, scheduled for Sunday.
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[2026-03-20 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing for a potential “nuclear incident” in Iran, a senior regional official has told Politico.
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[2026-03-20 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Kathryn Bermingham
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[2026-03-20 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran could face retaliation from its Gulf neighbors for attacks on their energy infrastructure, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Al Saud has warned, adding that the “patience” of the countries of the region is not “unlimited.”
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[2026-03-20 05:38 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-03-20 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: At the beginning of next year, voters will no longer be able to see if groups of people who work for the same company are contributing to a politician’s campaign.
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[2026-03-20 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents watch and take pictures as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-03-20 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-20 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who has ruled the strategically located Horn of Africa nation for nearly three decades, will face just one little-known challenger in next month's presidential election, according to an official decree published Wednesday.
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[2026-03-20 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has been drawn by Israel into an “unlawful war” against Iran and needs help to disengage, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi has said.
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[2026-03-20 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: American adults are more likely than others to view their fellow citizens as morally bad, with more than half agreeing to the sentiment in a new Pew Research Center survey of 25 countries.
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[2026-03-20 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU officials are considering stripping Hungary of its voting rights to push through a controversial loan for Ukraine, after Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened to block it, Politico reports.
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[2026-03-20 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ALBANY – Nassau County Executive and GOP candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman is mocking Gov. Kathy Hochul, who remarked last week that she wants rich former New Yorkers to return to the Empire State.
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[2026-03-20 02:06 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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[2026-03-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A lectern awaits the arrival of House Democrats to speak on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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[2026-03-20 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., the White House pick for homeland security secretary, testifies during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-03-20 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UK’s largest bank, HSBC, is considering cutting up to 20,000 jobs over the coming years as part of a major push to integrate artificial intelligence into its operations, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
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[2026-03-20 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Former head of the US National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent, who resigned this week in protest over the US-Israeli war on Iran, is under FBI investigation, according to Semafor.
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[2026-03-20 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian political donations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: World-leading laws to be tested ahead of South Australian state election, complicated by Hanson and Bernardi’s political status
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[2026-03-20 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Senators on the Homeland Security Committee advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security in a nail-biting vote Thursday.
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[2026-03-20 00:12 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 20, 2026 00:12 | News
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[2026-03-19 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Unidentified drones have been spotted above a US military base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth live, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing sources. The report comes as Tehran has vowed retaliation to continued US-Israel strikes on Iran, many of which have targeted senior officials.
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[2026-03-19 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran has effectively acknowledged Ukraine as a legitimate military target. Ibrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission, made this statement in a post on X. The next day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of involvement in the conflict. In diplomatic terms, this indicates that Tehran aligns Kiev’s actions with those of the aggressors: the US and Israel.
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[2026-03-19 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A simple guide to the May elections in England, Scotland and Wales
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[2026-03-19 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: RT correspondent Steve Sweeney and his cameraman have been injured in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. Sweeney said an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at their car as it crossed a bridge near a military base.
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[2026-03-19 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion from Congress to fund the Iran war, the Washington Post reports, citing a senior administration official and sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-03-19 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Reports of Republican fractures over President Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new poll shared exclusively with The Post Thursday.
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[2026-03-19 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city welcomed a batch of new regional headquarters and R&D centres this week, as China continues its campaign to win back overseas capital
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[2026-03-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US will ”massively blow up” Iran’s South Pars gas field if Tehran continues strikes on Qatari energy facilities, President Donald Trump has warned. South Pars – shared with Qatar, where it is known as the North Field – is the world’s largest natural gas field.
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[2026-03-19 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An upcoming mayoral runoff in the small French town of Arcis-sur-Aube has drawn global attention due to the unusual surnames of two candidates, which resemble those of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky.
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[2026-03-19 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Toufik Khiar has lost count of the number of times he has gone to the police station in recent days to report the defacement and removal of his campaign posters for France’s municipal elections, where he came fourth in the first round on Sunday.
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[2026-03-19 19:56 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hungarian PM, who is facing an upcoming election, appears in no mood to compromise as EU leaders meet in Brussels this morning
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[2026-03-19 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US will “massively blow up” the South Pars gas field – the world’s largest – if Iran continues to strike Qatari energy facilities, President Donald Trump has warned.
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[2026-03-19 18:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Paris, France – France heads to the polls on Sunday for local elections to usher in mayors and city council members, in a final round of voting.
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[2026-03-19 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Pakistan’s evolving missile program poses a potential threat to the US, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has said.
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[2026-03-19 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Elections
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[2026-03-19 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A mourner holds a poster depicting Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, as supreme leader, during the funeral procession for senior Iranian military officials and civilians killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-03-19 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GS Caltex said Thursday it has launched a carbon reduction education campaign, “CCU~S,” aimed at introducing carbon capture technology to children through interactive learning.
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[2026-03-19 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California Democrats were warned to get their act together months ago. Back off, consolidate, pick a front-runner or risk splitting the vote.They ignored the advice. Now the numbers are in and the results are brutal.A new UC Berkeley-LA Times poll shows the 2026 race for governor is a total mess for Democrats.
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[2026-03-19 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., is facing online mockery after his Senate campaign’s election night watch party charged customers exorbitant prices for water, despite claiming to champion affordability issues.
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[2026-03-19 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker cleans the desk for Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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