Topic: Europe — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The pit crew works on the leading Max Verstappen’s Mercedes AMG GT3 car, right, as it completes a pit stop at the same time as the second-placed Mercedes-AMG Team RAVENOL with Germany’s Maro Engel, Germany’s Luca Stolz, Germany’s Fabian Schiller and Germany’s Maxime Martin, during the Nurburgring 24-hour auto race in Nurburg, Germany, Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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[2026-05-17 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Russian capital faced about 80 drones through 7.00am local time, and air defences fought off dozens of projectiles according to Moscow’s mayor
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[2026-05-17 20:39 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Russian capital faced about 80 drones through 7.00am local time, and air defences fought off dozens of projectiles according to Moscow’s mayor
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[2026-05-17 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ahead of the first episode of Saturday Night Live UK, we asked whether the show could make us laugh.
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[2026-05-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia is luring Yemeni fighters into its war against Ukraine with large cash payments, monthly salaries and the promise of citizenship, Middle East Eye has learned.
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[2026-05-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the law should make returning artefacts easier, it sets high standards of evidence which may be hard to meet
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[2026-05-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Boxer Rebellion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the law should make returning artefacts easier, it sets high standards of evidence which may be hard to meet
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[2026-05-17 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least four people have been killed after Ukraine launched large-scale drone attacks on several Russian regions, including Moscow, in what officials described as the biggest drone assault in more than a year.
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[2026-05-17 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates' foreign minister met with Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, during a visit to London.
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[2026-05-17 18:59 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-17 18:44 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency over the Ebola outbreak that has killed a suspected 80 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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[2026-05-17 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Real Madrid’s head coach Xabi Alonso looks on before the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Betis Sevilla in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Pablo Garcia, File)
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[2026-05-17 18:14 UTC+10:00] [Communications] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Poland was blindsided on Wednesday by the surprise U.S. decision to cancel a planned deployment of American troops to the country. But it turns out the warning had already arrived days earlier.
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[2026-05-17 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A huge wave of more than 500 Ukrainian drones attacked Russia overnight, killing three people in the Moscow region, authorities said on Sunday.
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[2026-05-17 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wes Streeting arrives at the Progress Conference at Convene in London, Saturday May 16, 2026. (Jeff Moore/PA via AP)
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[2026-05-17 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Maryna Homeniuk, an English teacher, and her boyfriend Yurii Orlov, a former hockey player, were killed in this week’s Russian strikes on Kyiv. Homeniuk and Orlov fell in love after meeting on a dating app in Kyiv. They were also planning to get married and have a family. But those future dreams vanished when a Russian strike flattened a Kyiv apartment building.
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[2026-05-17 17:57 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: China’s commerce ministry said on Saturday that Beijing and Washington had struck a preliminary agreement to reduce some tariffs, and also confirmed agricultural and aircraft deals reached during U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to Beijing.
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[2026-05-17 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three people died in what appears to be the largest Ukrainian drone strike in months on Moscow and the surrounding areas, according to reports by Russian authorities.
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[2026-05-17 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: India’s Tata Electronics has signed a deal with Dutch technology giant ASML to build a major semiconductor plant in western India, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Netherlands during his European tour.
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[2026-05-17 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three people were killed overnight in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Russian officials have said.
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[2026-05-17 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief’s trip announced on Sunday and follows easing of tensions after US President Donald Trump visited mainland China
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[2026-05-17 17:08 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief’s trip announced on Sunday and follows easing of tensions after US President Donald Trump visited mainland China
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[2026-05-17 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz congratulated Israeli performer Noam Bettan after the singer finished second in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, while criticising European governments that opposed Israel’s participation.
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[2026-05-17 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A qualifier will be Alex Eala’s opponent in the opening round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg being held in France.
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[2026-05-17 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A new copy of the first poem ever to be transcribed in Old English has been unearthed in a library in Rome. It is a story that spans over a millennium, a hymn composed by a cowherd, documented by a saint, transcribed by an Italian monk and rediscovered by 21st century researchers thanks to digitisation and the internet.
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[2026-05-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?
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[2026-05-17 14:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Some 250,000 protestors marched in London to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Nakba on Saturday, according to organisers.
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[2026-05-17 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian envoy Mikhail Ulyanov said Russia supports China’s position that a permanent ceasefire is needed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-17 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering resigning amid a deepening political crisis inside the ruling Labour Party, according to Daily Mail journalist Dan Hodges.
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[2026-05-17 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering resigning amid a deepening political crisis in the ruling Labour Party, according to Daily Mail journalist Dan Hodges.
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[2026-05-17 13:44 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-05-17 13:09 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Friendship] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: For years, I polished the brass plaques in front of my apartment dedicated to a Jewish mother and daughter who were murdered by the Nazis. Then a message out of the blue connected me to a surviving child …
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[2026-05-17 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol will visit Europe to attend the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers' meeting and to encourage investment in South Korea, his office said Sunday.
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[2026-05-17 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Director Steven Soderbergh poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ during the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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[2026-05-17 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From New York to Milan, buyers push and shove each other to get their hands on the ‘Royal Pop’ timepieces
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[2026-05-17 12:17 UTC+10:00] [Swatch] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From New York to Milan, buyers push and shove each other to get their hands on the ‘Royal Pop’ timepieces
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[2026-05-17 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK's relationship with the EU looks set to become an issue in both a possible Labour leadership contest and the coming by-election in the Makerfield constituency.
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[2026-05-17 11:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: VIENNA (AP) -- Bulgarian singer Dara won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with her infectious party anthem "Bangaranga," giving the southeast European country its first-ever victory in the competition.
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[2026-05-17 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: One of the biggest mistakes globalists made in their bid for perpetual medical authoritarianism during the Covid pandemic was reveling a bit too much. Numerous high level officials from the WEF, WHO, the Imperial College of London and an army of politicians were giddy with excitement and bragged publicly about all the power they were going to grab as the masses huddled in fear of a virus with a 99.8% average survival rate.
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[2026-05-17 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Kata’ib Hizballah senior official Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi was arrested and charged on Friday for planning attacks in the US, Canada, and Europe, with the US Department of Justice alleging that the Iranian proxy commander was responsible for the wave of attacks against Jewish, Israeli, and Iranian dissident sites in London over the last two months under the banner of Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI)
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[2026-05-17 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: France has opened an investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi after NGOs accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of complicity in the killing.
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[2026-05-17 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: France has opened an investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi after NGOs accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of complicity in the killing.
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[2026-05-17 11:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LONDON (AP) -- In its 155-year history the FA Cup final can rarely have been won by a more audacious goal.
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[2026-05-17 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VIENNA — Bulgarian singer Dara won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with her infectious party anthem "Bangaranga," giving the southeast European country its first-ever Eurovision victory.
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[2026-05-17 10:57 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: No renewal notice posted on US Treasury website so far for waiver that had allowed countries such as India to buy Russian seaborne oil. What we know on day 1,544
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[2026-05-17 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Dame Felicity Lott, one of Britain's best-loved sopranos, has died at the age of 79.
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[2026-05-17 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Another year, another flop. The UK has self-destructed at Eurovision all over again.
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[2026-05-17 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “Timmy,” the young humpback whale at the center of a European rescue effort, was found dead Thursday off the coast of Denmark, officials have confirmed.
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[2026-05-17 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Kingdom said it has deployed a new “low-cost anti-drone system” on Royal Air Force fighter jets operating in the Middle East.
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