Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 05:31 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israeli defence minister says IDF instructed to destroy ‘terror infrastructure’ in southern villages
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[2026-03-17 05:18 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Allan government is facing teacher strikes in the lead-up to November’s state election after the Australian Education Union on Monday rejected its offer of a 17 per cent pay increase over four years.
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[2026-03-17 04:14 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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[2026-03-17 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hamas has held its first talks with the newly established US‑led Board of Peace, as the postwar Gaza reconstruction plan comes under strain from the Iran war and continued Israeli strikes on the enclave, Reuters has reported.
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[2026-03-17 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 baseball coaches poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
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[2026-03-17 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a 2021 military coup, AFP journalists saw, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll choreographed by the top brass.
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[2026-03-17 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
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[2026-03-17 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE savage campaign of US President Donald Trump on every legal and institutional framework for climate action, both in the US and abroad, has been met with “silence” in America and at best only mild protest elsewhere, a surprising outcome that climate deniers seem to find puzzling, but are nonetheless celebrating.
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[2026-03-17 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing accusations of violating domestic and international laws prohibiting war crimes by declaring that “no quarter” or mercy would be given to Iranian forces.
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[2026-03-17 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, right, speaks as UConn guards Azzi Fudd, left, Blanca Quinonez, second from left, and associate head coach Chris Dailey, third from left, listen in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Providence, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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[2026-03-17 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary will continue to oppose an EU bailout for Ukraine until Kiev resumes Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday in Brussels.
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[2026-03-17 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-17 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary is set to sign a deal with neighboring Slovakia on building a new bilateral oil pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced. Budapest and Bratislava have been caught in an escalating feud with Ukraine and the EU over Russian oil deliveries being blocked by Kiev.
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[2026-03-17 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Questions over who bears responsibility for the killing of over 160 schoolgirls in an airstrike in Iran are irrelevant, former CENTCOM commander Admiral William Fallon has suggested in a heated exchange with Afshin Rattansi on Going Underground.
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[2026-03-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [South Australian election 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Saturday’s state election is the rightwing populist party’s first test since its surge in the polls. Will its vote match the aggrieved sentiment?
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[2026-03-17 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center right, arrives at the Paris appeals courthouse for his triall over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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[2026-03-17 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has ridiculed an initiative launched by Kiev’s EU backers to restart Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, calling it “blackmail.”
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[2026-03-16 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Beijing is directly mediating a ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, neighboring countries that have been engaged in intense fighting since February, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said.
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[2026-03-16 23:33 UTC+10:00] [Equal Opportunities Commission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Youngsters will be exempted from producing proof of address to register as electors as part of campaign
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[2026-03-16 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An FBI agent assigned to then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has made bombshell allegations charging misconduct, political bias, and “overzealous thoughts” permeated the team — to the point of festooning the walls of their office with anti-Trump cartoons and drinking alcohol while on the job.
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[2026-03-16 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.
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[2026-03-16 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: "Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of the road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville.
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[2026-03-16 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Senior French officials reportedly met last week to discuss an escalating shortage of air-to-air missiles being rapidly expended to intercept Iranian kamikaze drones over the United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-03-16 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: There is “a real threat” that Poland could leave the EU, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said, after the country’s president vetoed a bill that would have allowed Warsaw to tap billions in defense loans from the bloc.
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[2026-03-16 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was in court this Monday for the start of his appeal trial in the Libyan campaign financing scandal that already saw him receive a first 5-year-prison sentence last year. The second trial will run until 3 June.
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[2026-03-16 21:09 UTC+10:00] [Oscars 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Audiences were gradually turned off by the Marty Supreme actor during his Oscars campaign trail, with the growing sensation that he was more like his smirking, fame-hungry character than they first imagined Oscar winners 2026: the full list Key takeaways from Oscars 2026
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[2026-03-16 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is weighing the possibility of seizing Iran’s offshore oil hub Kharg Island, Axios has reported, citing American officials familiar with the discussions. The outlet added that such a move would likely require a ground operation.
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[2026-03-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US Senate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Republican senator from North Carolina will not seek re-election after Trump threatened to primary him
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[2026-03-16 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that its troops launched a ground offensive against Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon on Monday. The operations are said to be aimed at increasing security for residents of northern Israel.
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[2026-03-16 20:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Racial slurs targeting a player for Jeju SK FC have prompted the club’s supporters to launch an anti-racism campaign and call for changes in the spectator culture of Korean professional football.
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[2026-03-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Antisemitism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Poll of students of all faiths and none found almost a quarter had seen Jews targeted for their religion or ethnicity
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[2026-03-16 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Voting 209–5, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8469, which seeks to amend the Biofuels Act.
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[2026-03-16 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Far-right loses speed in Castilla y León election, Spain vs Argentina 'Finalissima' clash cancelled, second fastest ever women's marathon time set in Barcelona and more news from Spain this Monday March 16th.
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[2026-03-16 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Vote counting is underway in the Republic of Congo following a presidential election that could extend President Denis Sassou N’Guesso’s rule for a fifth consecutive term. Polls closed on Sunday, with official results expected within two weeks.
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[2026-03-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
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[2026-03-16 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened media organizations with treason charges, accusing them of knowingly colluding with Iran to cast doubt on Washington’s decisive “victory.”
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[2026-03-16 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The state has denied it overrode a public poll to name the state’s newest theatre, the Glasshouse, despite the arts minister signing off months before voting opened.
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[2026-03-16 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Political Candidates
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[2026-03-16 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels of dragging the EU into a direct war with Russia through potential troop deployments to Ukraine.
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[2026-03-16 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: "Bold Ideas, Big Impact" campaign spotlights SMU's focus on creating meaningful, measurable impact through education, research and partnerships
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[2026-03-16 13:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: PARIS (Reuters) -- Marseille's leftist mayor and his far-right rival were tied in Sunday's first-round municipal election, exit polls showed, boosting the nationalist National Rally's (RN) hopes of winning France's No. 2 city ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
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[2026-03-16 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s top clean-air official has hinted she might cave on a new policy that could cripple the state’s already struggling oil industry.
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[2026-03-16 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An Australian data scientist has used ChatGPT to develop a potential treatment for his dog after it was diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer.
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[2026-03-16 12:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Best Supporting Actor felt like a genuine toss-up at this year’s Oscars right up until the point that Sean Penn’s name was called. He might have seemed like an unlikely choice, given that he already won Best Actor for Mystic River in 2003 and Milk in 2008. But if Academy voters like you, they don’t mind calling you back to the stage — even if you’re unlikely to actually show up.
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[2026-03-16 12:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK hynix Inc. was named the most preferred company among job seekers, a poll showed Monday, amid the chipmaker's record-breaking earnings following the artificial intelligence boom.
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[2026-03-16 11:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose for the second consecutive week thanks in part to the government's efforts to stabilize oil prices as war in the Middle East has intensified, a poll showed Monday.
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[2026-03-16 11:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has cast his ballot at a coal mine constituency in elections to pick deputies for a new term of the Supreme People's Assembly, with voter turnout recorded at 99.99 percent, state media reported Monday.
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[2026-03-16 10:52 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: One Nation is on the rise after decades as a fringe political party and has enjoyed a surge in popularity on the back of criticising the federal government's policies on just about everything from immigration to abortion.Pauline Hanson began One Nation in Queensland in 1997 after being elected as Oxley MP the previous year.In her controversial and divisive maiden speech to parliament she said she believed Australia was in danger of being "swamped by Asians".Hanson's opposition to immigration and multiculturalism
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