Topic: Human Rights — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-12 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pedro Almodovar makes beautiful films — and he also makes asinine, out of touch statements.
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[2026-05-12 09:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrats are all about defending democracy. Until they lose. Then they want to change the rules.
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[2026-05-12 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in his return to the White House, has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan, an approach that's raising questions ahead of this week’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping about whether the US leader could be open to dialing back support for the island democracy that Beijing views as its breakaway province.
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[2026-05-12 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Supporters of the Islamic regime and anti-regime demonstrators clashed in several cities on Sunday during global protests against Tehran’s escalating crackdown of mass arrests, executions, and internet blackouts, according to activists and international media reports.
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[2026-05-12 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, right, greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Meeting in Defence of Democracy summit, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
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[2026-05-11 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: For the last few years, residents of the Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera have been fighting against overtourism and there have been several mass protests. Now, however, a radical new plan has been put forward.
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[2026-05-11 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A leading German media executive declared Monday that he was “a goy” (non-Jew) and “a Zionist,” telling the World Jewish Congress in Geneva that the free world must confront antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and online radicalization before they undermine Western democracy itself.
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[2026-05-11 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker clear rubble with an excavator as a police officer and local residents gather at the site of overnight suicide bombing at a security post in Fatah Khel, in Bannu, a district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Aamad Khattak)
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[2026-05-11 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wanda Mosley, left, protests in a House committee meeting during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-05-11 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-05-11 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Activists protested across the globe to denounce Iran's ongoing internet blackout, which has lasted at least 70 days as of Sunday.
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[2026-05-11 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hungary’s recent election was a sharp rebuke of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party after 16 years of democratic erosion under his rule. Voters overwhelmingly rejected Orban’s signature brand of “illiberal democracy,” embraced by aspiring autocrats around the world, in what amounted to a resounding reminder that change is still possible even when opposition appears hopeless.
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[2026-05-11 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A key indicator of household wealth has stagnated over the past five years as the gap between Australia’s richest households and everyone else widens.
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[2026-05-11 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police officers from the Jerusalem District and Border Police officers worked on Sunday in the Bar-Ilan Street area of Jerusalem to restore public order amid haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protests in the city.
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[2026-05-11 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Jewish American Heritage Month should be a celebration of the contributions Jews have made to American life. From medicine, law, business, and philanthropy, to Hollywood, the civil rights and labor movements, and even America’s Christmas playlist, Jews have helped shape this country in outsized ways.
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[2026-05-10 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A new coalition of major Togolese opposition parties and civil society groups held their first meeting Saturday, to relaunch protests against constitutional changes they say allow Faure Gnassingbe to consolidate power.
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[2026-05-10 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iranian regime has enlisted the aid of foreign militias to man checkpoints across Tehran in order to support its security forces in order to keep civilian protests down, the Telegraph reported on Friday, citing videos circulating on social media.
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[2026-05-10 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Beijing’s ‘AI-plus’ plan looking to grow the nation’s digital economy, experts warn that hubs could further outpace rural regions, fuelling inequality
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[2026-05-10 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Lynn Song] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Beijing’s ‘AI-plus’ plan looking to grow the nation’s digital economy, experts warn that hubs could further outpace rural regions, fuelling inequality
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[2026-05-10 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used a commencement address to bizarrely compare Lincoln’s fight to save the Union to the left’s never-ending quest to rescue “democracy” from President Trump.
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[2026-05-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Showdown between Musk and Altman has rendered the world’s most wealthy comical under egalitarian eye of court
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[2026-05-09 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Organizers, including Selma foot soliders, say ruling is latest chapter in long battle over Black disenfranchisement in US
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[2026-05-09 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: EDS NOTE: NUDITY - A performer rings a bell with her body at the Austrian pavilion called ‘Seaworld Venice’ by artist Ei Arakawa-Nash, at the Venice 2026 Biennale Art, in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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[2026-05-09 12:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday he survived a 2024 knife attack thanks to people's support and will devote himself wholly to the country, a day after the state civil rights commission overturned an earlier decision with regard to his airlift to Seoul from Busan at the time of the attack.
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[2026-05-09 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday he survived a 2024 knife attack thanks to people's support and will devote himself wholly to the country, a day after the state civil rights commission overturned an earlier decision with regard to his airlift to Seoul from Busan at the time of the attack.
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[2026-05-09 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-05-09 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The rescheduled 19th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration to be delivered by the 52nd Chief Justice of India, Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, on the topic ‘In a True Democracy, is Parliament Supreme?’, will take place at the BMICH today (9).
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[2026-05-09 03:25 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Federal and local lawmakers in Puerto Rico, as well as civil rights and advocacy organizations, have called for investigations after ProPublica reported how a federal probe into a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections.
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[2026-05-09 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Inequality] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The top 1% have it hard, too
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[2026-05-09 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Inequality] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Wagga Wagga – where a baby died this month after the mother gave birth in a tent – homelessness is rising, services are slammed and those without a home feel stuck
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[2026-05-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US voting rights] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and other southern states stun residents with all-out charge to redraw congressional maps to favor white voters after supreme court ruling
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[2026-05-08 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Much of the talk around the 2026 Venice Biennale so far has, ironically, had little to do with art.
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[2026-05-08 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission decided Friday to request a police investigation into suspicions surrounding its 2024 decision that then first lady Kim Keon Hee's acceptance of a luxury handbag from a Korean American pastor constituted no violation of the anti-graft law.
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[2026-05-08 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Data crunched on the genre shrinking from cinema screens. Plus: how free public transport can exacerbate inequality
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[2026-05-08 12:01 UTC+10:00] [Balkans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Nobody should be surprised that the U.S. ambassador to Athens is urging President Donald Trump to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence in the birthplace of democracy — with a speech on the Acropolis this summer.
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[2026-05-08 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: On a Tokyo street corner, in the pouring rain, a swelling crowd gathered with drenched placards and sodden flags. On one of them was written just two words, in big bold Japanese kanji characters: "No War".
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[2026-05-08 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Showing a photo of Liverpool’s owner John W. Henry fans protest against the increase in ticket prices during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace in Liverpool, England, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)
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[2026-05-08 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia has been averse to ideological extremes but after two decades of growing inequality and public policy stasis, the country’s robust democratic formula is facing challenges
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[2026-05-08 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jannik Sinner, of Italy, listens to a reporters’ question during a press conference at the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-05-07 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Protests will take place on Friday against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale, with a 24-hour cultural strike called by a coalition of Italian and international unions and activist groups.
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[2026-05-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Atlanta] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Students and faculty have also protested against surveillance cameras on campus and handling of racist posts by a student
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[2026-05-07 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Global demonstrations are set to go ahead on Sunday as civilians in the Islamic Republic will have experienced more than 70 days without access to internet services, according to data published by the internet monitoring service NetBlocks.
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[2026-05-07 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Protests will take place on Friday against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale, with a 24-hour cultural strike called by a coalition of Italian and international unions and activist groups.
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[2026-05-07 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A young Russian woman who was part of a secretive online group calling for protests against government internet restrictions has fled the country after being held in police detention for two weeks and reportedly facing pressure from security services.
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[2026-05-07 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Board of Immigration Appeals has reinstated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder who helped lead anti-war protests at Columbia University last year, his legal team have said.
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[2026-05-07 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa hit back Wednesday against charges of xenophobia after protests against undocumented migrants and said African nations should address issues like instability and bad governance causing their people to leave.
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[2026-05-07 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Narendra Modi says the latest election shows India's democracy is vibrant. (Reuters: Adnan Abidi )
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[2026-05-07 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A local Chinatown community leader ran a secret Chinese spy outpost out of a nondescript Manhattan office building — helping his communist handlers track a pro-democracy dissident, prosecutors charged Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is pushing to revise the country's pacifist constitution. The BBC's Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori explains why the country is shifting away from it's anti-war stance, and why there are increasing protests in response.
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[2026-05-07 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa hit back Wednesday against charges of xenophobia after protests against undocumented migrants and said African nations should address issues like instability and bad governance causing their people to leave.
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