Topic: Elections — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-01 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: TL;DR, while we find the actions of the Trump administration disappointing - based on their anti-interventionist campaign promises vs. the interventionist reality - there can be little doubt (given the speed and breadth of action) that kneejerk protests emerging within minutes of an event are clearly manufactured, aimed at leftist youth, and risk alienating antiwar conservatives.
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[2026-03-01 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Poland’s leadership said Saturday it had prior awareness of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, in contrast to France, which said it was neither informed of nor involved in the operation.
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[2026-03-01 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: As the United States and Israel launch a military operation against Iran on February 28, 2026, global attention turns to the Middle East, where the stakes could not be higher. Analysts and experts from Russia are weighing in, offering a wide range of perspectives on the strategic calculations, potential consequences, and risks of escalation.
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[2026-03-01 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Brits Awards red carpet was as vibrant as ever on Saturday evening, with stars making an appearance for the UK's biggest night in music.
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[2026-03-01 06:40 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Democrats are demanding an immediate vote in the US Congress over military action launched by Donald Trump against Iran, accusing the president of usurping the legislative branch’s power to declare war.
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[2026-03-01 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump's military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign that risks pulling the United States into a deeper Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-01 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This week’s Essential poll found 58% of respondents were open to voting for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation at the next federal election
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[2026-03-01 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ibrox will stage a game between second and third in the Scottish Premiership
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[2026-03-01 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Israel have launched a major attack in order to lay waste to much of Iran’s military as well as deny it the ability to build a nuclear weapon, according to US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-01 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir invoked biblical language widely considered as genocidal in comments posted on X about the war on Iran. “Blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget!” said Ben Gvir, using the same biblical reference Israeli politicians cited at the outset of the Gaza genocide.
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[2026-03-01 04:30 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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[2026-03-01 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Jack Lisowski (right) reached the Welsh Open final for the first time in his career
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[2026-03-01 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Andy Burnham would probably have won the Gorton and Denton by-election had he been allowed to stand, Labour's deputy leader has said.
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[2026-03-01 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba has released photographs of the numerous weapons, ammunition, and tactical gear confiscated from the gunmen who recently attempted what it has called an “armed infiltration for terrorist purposes” off the island nation’s coast.
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[2026-03-01 03:43 UTC+10:00] [Der Podcast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt.
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[2026-03-01 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Facebook has blocked the social media pages of three Hungarian media outlets, citing violations of community principles. The move comes mere weeks before elections in the Central European nation and has been condemned by the Hungarian National Media Association, which called it an attack on press freedom.
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[2026-03-01 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It was around 09:40 local time (06:10 GMT) when Iranians in several cities reported hearing loud explosions.
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[2026-03-01 02:11 UTC+10:00] [Joe Biden] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In a rare public address, former president said US is experiencing ‘dark days’ and urged Americans to vote
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[2026-03-01 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has suffered 200 casualties in Iranian retaliatory strikes on bases across the Middle East, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed.
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[2026-03-01 02:04 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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[2026-03-01 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US military bases in several Gulf states were targeted by Iranian missiles on Saturday, following Tehran’s vow to retaliate in the wake of American and Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-01 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Democratic candidate for congress Bobby Pulido makes a campaign stop in Pharr, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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[2026-03-01 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Over 100 students have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a girls’ primary school in the city of Minab, in southern Iran, according to the country’s news agency Tasnim. The attack comes amid ongoing airstrikes on the Islamic Republic by Israel and the US.
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[2026-03-01 00:31 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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[2026-03-01 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In March 2025, Le Pen was convicted on charges dating back years ago, in a move that was widely contested and seen as a highly political attempt to keep her from running in next year’s presidential election.
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[2026-02-28 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.
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[2026-02-28 21:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: One is a former stockbroker from the south who, by his own proud admission, loves smoking, drinking and women. The other's a proud vegan, gay, northern former actor, who told me he'd never drunk a drop.
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[2026-02-28 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-02-28 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Democracy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms.
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[2026-02-28 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The campaign for next month's presidential election in Congo-Brazzaville begins on Saturday, with 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso seemingly assured of extending his decades in power.
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[2026-02-28 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iranian military has launched a wave of retaliatory strikes on Israel after the Jewish state and the US attacked the Islamic Republic, although the extent of the damage remains unclear.
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[2026-02-28 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sam Kerr admits she is still not back at 100 per cent as the Matildas prepare to begin their Asian Cup campaign. (Getty Images: Maya Thompson)
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[2026-02-28 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Washington has launched “major combat operations in Iran” to eliminate “imminent threats” and “defend the American people.” The Islamic Republic has previously rejected US demands to curb its nuclear program, which it says only serves peaceful purposes.
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[2026-02-28 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel and the US conducted joint strikes on Iran on Saturday that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered retaliation from Tehran, plunging the Middle East into renewed conflict.
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[2026-02-28 18:27 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia is not equipped to handle the increasing threat of domestic interference as shadowy groups roll out anti-democratic tactics at scale, the head of a federal parliamentary inquiry into last year’s election has warned.
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[2026-02-28 18:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iranian Red Crescent Society has said 201 people were killed in Iran in US-Israeli attacks. A spokesperson has told Mehr News Agency that the strikes have hit 24 of Iran’s provinces, injuring 747 people.
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[2026-02-28 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has declared a nationwide state of emergency following the county’s strikes on Iran, amid fears of retaliation.
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[2026-02-28 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The IDF has launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran for national security reasons, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced, warning the population of an expected retaliatory attack.
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[2026-02-28 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Political Candidates
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[2026-02-28 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In the high-tech megacity of Shenzhen in southern China, Prince Andrew looked on as dancers spun and waved streamers to entertain an audience of investors and innovators.
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[2026-02-28 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Ted Herbosa sought to ban vape products, saying the Philippines is falling behind other Southeast Asian countries in the prohibition of e-cigarettes.
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[2026-02-28 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Gavin Newsom] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is widely regarded as one of the Democratic party’s leading contenders for the 2028 presidential election. He has also published a new book, Young Man in a Hurry, reflecting on his childhood and his path to the governor’s mansion.
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[2026-02-28 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has suggested the United States could carry out a “friendly takeover of Cuba,” claiming the island nation’s government is on the brink of collapse and is actively negotiating with Washington.
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[2026-02-28 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-02-28 12:57 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-28 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Former President Bill Clinton told a congressional panel he "saw nothing," and "did nothing wrong" in relation to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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[2026-02-28 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A military cargo aircraft carrying large quantities of newly printed cash crashed onto a busy highway near Bolivia’s administrative capital late Friday, killing at least 15 people and triggering chaos as banknotes were scattered around the wreckage.
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[2026-02-28 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least 11 people have been killed after a military cargo plane crashed in El Alto, Bolivia's second largest city, according to media reports quoting fire officials.
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[2026-02-28 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A Danish intelligence cites Denmark’s support for Ukraine and rising tensions over Greenland for its assessment
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[2026-02-28 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Deer run across Brown Hill with a view of the Adelaide Plains. (ABC Radio Adelaide: Malcolm Sutton)
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