Topic: Europe — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-11 22:18 UTC+10:00] [European Central Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: European Central Bank increases main deposit rate to 2.25%, with two further rises expected by next spring
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[2026-06-11 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The European Central Bank announced a quarter-point rate hike on Thursday, bringing its key interest rate to 2.25% as the Iran war continues to blow inflation off target.
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[2026-06-11 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a congratulatory letter to Russian President Vladamir Putin ahead of Russia's national day this week, its state media said Thursday.
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[2026-06-11 22:15 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Belfast: Britain’s defence minister has quit in frustration over cuts to spending on national security in an extraordinary move that heightens the instability of the government and builds momentum for a leadership challenge to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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[2026-06-11 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: British Secretary of Defense John Healey has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the latest blow to the embattled Labour government. Healey complained in an open letter that Starmer has been “unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling to commit the resources” required for sweeping reforms he sought to implement and to raise the spending level to 3% of GDP to meet Britain’s obligation to NATO.
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[2026-06-11 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: British Secretary of Defense John Healey has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the latest blow to the embattled Labour government.
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[2026-06-11 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany met with senior officials at Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday, several days after the three countries held a summit in London to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-06-11 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU member states could curtail the powers of the bloc’s diplomatic service, headed by Kaja Kallas, amid concerns among officials that the body is “dysfunctional,” the Financial Times has reported.
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[2026-06-11 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: ROME, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Italian President Sergio Mattarella agreed Thursday to elevate their countries' ties into a special strategic partnership, while exploring ways to expand cooperation in semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI) and other strategic sectors.
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[2026-06-11 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,
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[2026-06-11 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: French yachtman Charlie Dalin clenches his fist in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, on Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Yohan Bonnet, File)
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[2026-06-11 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Healey accused the prime minister of failing to commit the resources needed to protect the country from rising threats
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[2026-06-11 21:34 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Healey accused the prime minister of failing to commit the resources needed to protect the country from rising threats
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[2026-06-11 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Shaun Edwards has spent nearly seven years with France
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[2026-06-11 21:27 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — British Defense Secretary John Healey resigned from Keir Starmer's beleaguered government Thursday's amid a long-running row over funding for the country's armed forces.
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[2026-06-11 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: John Healey, Britain’s Minister of Defense arrives for a cabinet meeting inside 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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[2026-06-11 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Britain’s defence minister says he has resigned over a disagreement with the prime minister about defence spending.
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[2026-06-11 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A suspected Russian hacker is in US custody after being extradited from Thailand and has been charged with facilitating a campaign of cyberattacks carried out by a Russia-aligned group that victimized numerous US companies.
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[2026-06-11 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi defence company Edge Group has opened a new subsidiary in France to serve as its base for aggressively expanding investments and co-operation in Europe.
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[2026-06-11 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United States’ Serena Williams during a practice session on day three of the Queen’s Club tennis championships in London, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)
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[2026-06-11 20:37 UTC+10:00] [Asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BELFAST — Northern Ireland police battled anti-migrant rioters for a second night with batons, shields and water cannons — as politicians shifted focus on how to police immigration along the U.K.’s open Irish border with the EU.
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[2026-06-11 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,
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[2026-06-11 20:26 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-11 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday to meet migrants, many of whom survived a dangerous Atlantic crossing to reach the archipelago.
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[2026-06-11 20:19 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany must prepare for a Russian attack by 2029 or even earlier, the head of the German army told POLITICO.
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[2026-06-11 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A slew of U.S. Big Tech and AI companies are racing to expand in London as they look to take advantage of the city's deep talent pools amid a push to develop and commercialize frontier tech.
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[2026-06-11 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves to Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. during a women’s singles semifinal match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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[2026-06-11 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Paris] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: She was spotted with the Dawson’s Creek actor in New York City, and has worked with Beyoncé, Kanye West’s Yeezy, Jean Paul Gaultier and Lululemon
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[2026-06-11 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moscow banned access to the gaming platform last year, accusing it of promoting ‘LGBT propaganda’
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[2026-06-11 19:53 UTC+10:00] [TikTok] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moscow banned access to the gaming platform last year, accusing it of promoting ‘LGBT propaganda’
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[2026-06-11 19:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The Local Spain's reporter and long-term Barcelona resident Esme Fox reports from the Sagrada Familia as Pope Leo XIV blesses its tallest tower.
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[2026-06-11 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: England’s Ben Stokes reacts as he leaves the field after their win in the Test match against New Zealand at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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[2026-06-11 19:44 UTC+10:00] [Far right] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Portuguese President António José Seguro on Wednesday vetoed a draft law that aims to prohibit the display of flags “of an ideological, partisan or associative nature” on public buildings.
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[2026-06-11 19:39 UTC+10:00] [Coronavirus] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Commission should have been more transparent with the public about its multimillion-euro Covid vaccine contracts, an EU court adviser said.
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[2026-06-11 19:28 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday that the EU must defend itself against unfair trade practices, signaling greater openness to recent European Commission proposals for a tougher approach to China.
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[2026-06-11 19:24 UTC+10:00] [2026 FIFA World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The World Health Organization has urged football fans to “travel as normal” for the World Cup saying the risk of Ebola remains low in Europe, as the U.S. pushes European countries to implement travel restrictions.
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[2026-06-11 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is ‘racist thuggery’ as ethnic minorities are targeted
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[2026-06-11 19:22 UTC+10:00] [Restore political party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is ‘racist thuggery’ as ethnic minorities are targeted
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[2026-06-11 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's new airline, Riyadh Air, will launch daily flights between Riyadh and Dubai on June 18, following the carrier's inaugural service to London Heathrow on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-11 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: French singer Patrick Bruel performs during the Victoires de la Musique awards ceremony in Paris on March 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
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[2026-06-11 19:07 UTC+10:00] [2026 FIFA World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump is hardly the first World Cup host to seek to score political points from the tournament. For almost a century, leaders ranging from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to French President Jacques Chirac have done exactly that.
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[2026-06-11 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Efforts to reach a preliminary deal between Iran and the US have intensified despite strikes exchanged by both sides, as they discuss a mechanism for releasing frozen Iranian funds, three Iranian sources and a European official told Reuters.
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[2026-06-11 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Topf via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-06-11 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: June 23 meeting in Beijing postponed without warning as bilateral ties deteriorate on a near-daily basis
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[2026-06-11 18:58 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: June 23 meeting in Beijing postponed without warning as bilateral ties deteriorate on a near-daily basis
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[2026-06-11 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Thailand's foreign minister and deputy prime minister, speaks during an interview at Nikkei's Future of Asia forum in Tokyo on June 10. (Kazuho Fujiwara)
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[2026-06-11 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Wednesday that it has suspended Russia after the world sports court ruled that it had violated Ukraine’s sovereignty by organizing events in annexed Crimea and occupied Ukrainian territories.
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[2026-06-11 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will play at a record sixth World Cup in 2026, but years from now the tournament may instead be remembered as Lamine Yamal's first.
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[2026-06-11 18:49 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin how else can you describe them?’ said Hilary Benn
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[2026-06-11 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Despite an overhanging shadow of war with Iran, over a dozen Israeli defense companies are taking part in ILA Berlin, one of Europe’s major aviation and defense exhibitions that opened on Wednesday.
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