Topic: Culture & Entertainment — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DURING the long Holy Week lull, our attention was drawn to several social media posts from the academic community inside the Mindanao State University (MSU). The MSU was created in 1955 through Republic Act 1387 and opened its main campus in Marawi City in 1962, envisioned as the country’s premier institution of higher learning in Mindanao at par with the University of the Philippines (UP).
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[2026-04-17 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: “The Boys,” the hit series based on a comic created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, has returned for its fifth and final season on Prime Video. Showrunner Eric Kripke seems to be on course to end the series strong.
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[2026-04-17 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Netflix shares fell 9% in extended trading on Thursday after the streaming giant released its first-quarter earnings report and announced a key governance change.
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[2026-04-17 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks about the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota, on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Senate Television via AP)
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[2026-04-17 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: UK police have arrested three people after an attempted arson attack on the offices of a Persian-language media organisation in northwest London.
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[2026-04-17 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: NFL reporter Crissy Froyd celebrated Dianna Russini‘s resignation from the Athletic after the journalist was seen spending time with married coach Mike Vrabel at an Arizona resort.
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[2026-04-17 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Zach Braff thought he understood what it meant to be a doctor. He was not one, but he played one on TV for eight years until 2010.
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[2026-04-17 01:32 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late night hosts discussed Trump’s AI images, the closure of 7-Eleven stores and JD Vance’s advice to the Pope
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[2026-04-17 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For the first time in history, an Argentinian judge is set to be tried for antisemitism due to discriminatory remarks made about Jews on social media. The proceedings follow complaints filed in March 2025 by the Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations (DAIA) and the Argentine Forum Against Antisemitism (FACA).
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[2026-04-17 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “Vanderpump Villa” is back for Season 3.
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[2026-04-17 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: First it was the juice cleanse, then keto, then Whole30. Now it’s the social diet, where you consume content — and not much else.
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[2026-04-17 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former “Baywatch” star David Charvet is accused of striking and killing a dog with his pickup truck in Malibu early Thursday morning — and then driving off, according to a report.
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[2026-04-17 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Eliot Wolf, the New England Patriots Executive Vice President of Player Personnel, answers questions during an NFL football media availability, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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[2026-04-17 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — Police in London arrested two men and a 16-year-old boy on Thursday in connection with an attempted arson attack on a Persian-language media organization in the northwest of the capital.
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[2026-04-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian lifestyle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: When it comes to vacuuming, slow and steady wins the rug race, according to social media users. But experts caution against overdoing the method
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[2026-04-17 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Lisa Hochstein post-gamed her arrest with a boozy girls’ night out.
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[2026-04-17 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain has put an officer from its National Security Agency on trial over the death of a detainee assaulted in custody, state media reported on Thursday.
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[2026-04-17 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Spice Girls reunion this year may be out of the question for Victoria Beckham, but fast-fashion isn’t.
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[2026-04-17 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BAMENDA, Cameroon — Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants,” in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on Thursday after US President Trump attacked him again on social media.
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[2026-04-17 00:12 UTC+10:00] [Czech politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The Czech government’s plan to scrap public broadcasting license fees and replace them with state budget funding has sparked political backlash and concern in Brussels.
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[2026-04-17 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FS2 — AFL: Western at Geelong
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[2026-04-17 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The poet reconnects with the landscape of the May Day Mountains in Jamaica where he grew up in a personal story of migration, race and rural life
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[2026-04-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Classical music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hasselhorn/Bushakevitz(Harmonia Mundi)The German baritone’s all-Schubert disc with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz is full of communicative diction and poetic phrasing
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[2026-04-16 23:52 UTC+10:00] [Kirsten Dunst] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As she approaches her 44th birthday, we celebrate an actor who can move from dreamy psychodrama for Sofia Coppola to gritty angst for Jane Campion
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[2026-04-16 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This 1913 handout image from the U.S. National Archives and Records shows a man performing tree surgery on a valuable cultivated chestnut tree affected by the chestnut bark disease in Westchester, PA, 1913. (U.S. National Archives and Recordsvia AP)
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[2026-04-16 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iran-backed Houthis are training and recruiting children to join the terror group under the guise of summer camps, Yemeni Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani published on social media on Wednesday, along with footage of the apparent training facilities.
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[2026-04-16 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: You win some, you lose some.
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[2026-04-16 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three arrests have been made following an attempted arson attack at the offices of a Persian language media organisation in north-west London.
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[2026-04-16 23:35 UTC+10:00] [Champions League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The semi-finals are set after a dazzling meeting between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. But there was plenty more to talk about in the last eight
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[2026-04-16 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mary Mary singer Trecina “Tina” Campbell and her husband, Glendon “Teddy” Campbell, are getting divorced after 25 years of marriage.
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[2026-04-16 23:26 UTC+10:00] [Horror films] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Irish director Lee Cronin follows his Evil Dead reboot with what feels like another Evil Dead film but without a real sense of humour
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[2026-04-16 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth read a fake Bible verse from Quentin Tarantino's 1994 cult classic film Pulp Fiction on Wednesday, during a Christian prayer and worship service at the Pentagon.
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[2026-04-16 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An Iranian embassy has shared an AI-generated video depicting Jesus casting Donald Trump into hell, following backlash over a social media post in which the US president appeared to portray himself as a Christ-like healer.
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[2026-04-16 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Natalie Grace in a scene from “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
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[2026-04-16 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In prison, I witnessed the gap in accountability between the poor and the elite. A banker’s message to Epstein is racist and reductive
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[2026-04-16 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAS VEGAS — The filmmakers behind “As Deep as the Grave,” the indie film that is using an artificial intelligence-rendered version of Val Kilmer in a prominent role, debuted a first look at the recreated actor Wednesday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
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[2026-04-16 22:58 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Design among projects before US Commission of Fine Arts as lawsuits challenge scale and impact
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[2026-04-16 22:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Yena has sold out her upcoming concert in Macau, underscoring her growing global reach.
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[2026-04-16 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A new theatre production in Zimbabwe is reigniting debate over proposed constitutional amendments that could extend presidential terms from five to seven years under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
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[2026-04-16 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Palestinian terrorists released in ransoms for the October 7 Massacre hostages are set to speak on Friday at the San Lorenzo headquarters of Argentina's State Workers Association (ATE), according to social media posts by the union's Rosario branch and Action for Palestine Rosario.
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[2026-04-16 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The keynote speaker for a Seattle Palestinian cultural festival is set to be an al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades terrorist released as part of a ransom for hostages held in Gaza, according to event promotional images.
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[2026-04-16 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FLORENCE — French luxury group Kering promised Thursday to make its flagship Gucci brand once again "unmissable" and boost production of leather goods as it seeks to turn around its financial performance.
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[2026-04-16 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Influencer Clavicular made a shocking appearance at a Miami club one day after he was hospitalized for a suspected overdose.
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[2026-04-16 21:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Girl group builds momentum with strong streaming numbers and festival buzz
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[2026-04-16 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With two active conflict areas in Eurasia - the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Eastern Europe and the U.S.-Iran theater in the Gulf - the world is moving deeper into a war cycle. The latest indicator is not only that militaries around the world are beginning to stockpile one-way attack drones, but also the early-stage push to convert underused civilian industrial capacity, including struggling auto production lines, into wartime manufacturing hubs.
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[2026-04-16 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY — Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle claimed Thursday she has been "bullied and attacked" on social media every day for a decade and was "the most trolled person in the entire world."
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[2026-04-16 21:33 UTC+10:00] [Chile] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pedro Piscal pisco is latest Chilean brand to resemble a Hollywood name – and others have fought off the lawsuits
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[2026-04-16 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAS VEGAS — Christopher Nolan gave theater owners a thrilling glimpse of “The Odyssey” on Wednesday evening at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. His adaptation of Homer’s epic starring Matt Damon as Odysseus is one of the most hotly anticipated of the year, arriving in theaters on July 17.
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[2026-04-16 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: “The Solitary Gourmet,” a Japanese drama series following a businessman dining alone, has quietly grown into an Asian phenomenon since its debut 14 years ago. Star Yutaka Matsushige discusses the appeal of the show which is on its 11th season. (April 16)
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[2026-04-16 21:24 UTC+10:00] [Jessie Ware] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: (EMI)The podcaster’s third sequin-festooned album in a row is her most retro, with its slightly cringe moments balanced by unerring quality control and opulent arrangements
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