Topic: Indigenous — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Comedy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the Onion waits for a court to approve its takeover, creative director Heidecker previews his ambitious plan to parody the site – already sending Jones into a fury
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[2026-05-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fluffy ‘champion’ pedigree kitten dies because of medical blunder; clinic involved dismisses its director, closes for 15 days as mark of respect
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[2026-05-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fluffy ‘champion’ pedigree kitten dies because of medical blunder; clinic involved dismisses its director, closes for 15 days as mark of respect
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[2026-05-02 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thriving punk culture seen as response to frustrations at unemployment, urban violence, police brutality and deprivation
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[2026-05-02 13:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is so much going on right now in the Israeli television industry that it’s hard to keep track. So, let’s break it down: Unconditional, the drama series about a mother who fights to release her daughter from a Moscow jail after airport security officers find drugs in her backpack, just premiered on Keshet 12, and will be shown around the world, with English titles, on Apple TV starting on May 8.
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[2026-05-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Makkah is primarily visited for worship. Each year, millions of Muslims travel from around the world to the holy city for Hajj and Umrah, following rituals centred on the Grand Mosque and surrounding sacred sites.
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[2026-05-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Over the past few years, Lily Wilson has endured COVID-induced upheavals, a redundancy and the unexpected death of her father. Throughout these difficulties, she found solace in what some might consider an unlikely source: metalcore music, a genre that combines heavy metal and hardcore punk.
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[2026-05-02 11:58 UTC+10:00] [CULTURE] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The simple act of sitting on a chair in a darkened room can take on a whole new meaning under a certain light.
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[2026-05-02 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There are nights in the NBA when the game feels secondary to the star power sitting courtside on celebrity row. Like a kid walking through a museum of modern pop culture, the faces you grew up watching on stage and screen are suddenly right in front of your eyes arguing with referees like it’s a Game 7 of their own lives.
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[2026-05-02 11:03 UTC+10:00] [Marvel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Marvel praises ‘undeniable and indelible impact’ of celebrated comic book writer who also worked for DC
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[2026-05-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Advocates claim that these AI exes offer emotional solace and aid in the process of overcoming past regrets
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[2026-05-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Advocates claim that these AI exes offer emotional solace and aid in the process of overcoming past regrets
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[2026-05-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Ethical and green living] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hand and power tools can be surprisingly wasteful and polluting. Experts drill down on eco-friendly alternatives that still get the job done
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[2026-05-02 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Michael, Antoine Fuqua’s dazzling but slight film on the life of the divisive self-proclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson, has dominated the worldwide box office over the past week or so. And, given how much money it has made, and how much more it is going to make, the inevitable sequel has been announced.
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[2026-05-02 05:40 UTC+10:00] [Culture & Art] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Herbert M. Seneviratne Awards Ceremony will be held on May 2 at 3 p.m. at the Tower Hall Theatre under the patronage of the Minister of Culture.
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[2026-05-02 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Musicals] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-02 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Parissa Tosif, I Have This Memory of You
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[2026-05-02 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Users can make custom AI characters they can chat with on meltly's Days AI app. (Photo by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-02 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Anthology series often struggle to justify their continuation, particularly when a first season feels as complete as Beef did. Its exploration of anger, class anxiety and self-destruction was both contained and conclusive.
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[2026-05-02 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Our Arabic word of the week, kohl, refers to a fine, dark powder applied around the eyes – but its meaning stretches far beyond an eyeliner. It carries with it a long history of beauty, protection and cultural continuity across the Arab world.
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[2026-05-02 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: If you search Evan Ross Katz‘s name on Getty Images, you’ll find photo after photo of him alongside everyone from Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Murphy to Ariana Grande and Jenna Lyons. If you look quickly at his Instagram page, you’ll see that his nearly half a million followers include names like Kathryn Hahn and Sandra Bullock — the latter of whom joined the app only weeks ago and follows just 81 accounts.
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[2026-05-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In this week’s newsletter: Fans expecting the Vogue matriarch to pop up in Miranda Priestly’s latest outing have been disappointed – but as Hollywood history shows, guest appearances don’t always go to plan …
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[2026-05-01 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's Etihad Arena resumed its concert programme on Thursday with the first of two sold-out performances by Rashed Al Majed, marking the Abu Dhabi venue’s first major show since the Iran war disrupted live events in February.
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[2026-05-01 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: If everyone seems genuinely scared of Miranda Priestly in the first Devil Wears Prada movie, it's because Meryl Streep made it all too real.
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[2026-05-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: When Qianlong came across paintings and calligraphy he admired, he would place his seals on those artworks multiple times
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[2026-05-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: When Qianlong came across paintings and calligraphy he admired, he would place his seals on those artworks multiple times
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[2026-05-01 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: If you know that The Devil Wears Prada 2 is being released this Thursday in theaters in Israel (and around the world on Friday) because it’s just before the annual Met Gala, the biggest haute couture event of the year which is held on the first Monday in May, then you are the target audience for this movie and you will watch it no matter what the reviews say.
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[2026-05-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Olivia Gomm via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-01 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea has long been associated less with a sense of ease than with a culture of "bbali, bbali" ("hurry, hurry"). Speed often feels less like a preference than a condition of everyday life. The phrase has become familiar shorthand, echoed in everything from same-day delivery services to a digital ecosystem.
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[2026-05-01 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: At Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Foundation, Shezad Dawood has spent months thinking about how people move.
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[2026-05-01 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From domineering, romantic control freak on-screen characters to real-life chilli producer, popular actor comes to terms with digital reality
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[2026-05-01 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From domineering, romantic control freak on-screen characters to real-life chilli producer, popular actor comes to terms with digital reality
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[2026-05-01 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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[2026-05-01 15:50 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Life Could Be a Dream marks a powerful debut in narrative feature filmmaking for director Jasmin Tarasin, an Australian director and award-winning filmmaker.
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[2026-05-01 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The international jury of the 61st Venice Biennale has resigned en masse, just days before the exhibition’s professional preview, prompting organisers to replace its top prizes with awards decided by visitors.
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[2026-05-01 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kuala Lumpur’s Rain Rave Water Music Festival faces backlash from critics who argue that such vulgar imports hurt conservative values
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[2026-05-01 15:09 UTC+10:00] [Kuala Lumpur] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kuala Lumpur’s Rain Rave Water Music Festival faces backlash from critics who argue that such vulgar imports hurt conservative values
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[2026-05-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Heritage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Simon White comes clean after finding clay pieces in toffee tin, saying he took them as souvenir from Wenlock Priory
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[2026-05-01 11:50 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When he came up with the idea for The Red Tree, Shaun Tan thought it would be interesting to create a book with no storyline, no main character and no narrative. He imagined a series of visuals with a vague arc from beginning to end, the idea being you could open the book at any page and each one could tell a story in itself.
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[2026-05-01 11:50 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Celebrity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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[2026-05-01 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The potential abolition of so many universities is a ‘dramatic move’ that analysts warn will affect thousands of students and teachers
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[2026-05-01 11:30 UTC+10:00] [shrinking youth population] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The potential abolition of so many universities is a ‘dramatic move’ that analysts warn will affect thousands of students and teachers
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[2026-05-01 11:10 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Milan: The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday, just nine days before the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair opens, amid tensions over Russia’s participation and the panel’s decision to bar prizes for countries accused of crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Introverted young woman with rare condition whose father works far away to fund treatment opens up thanks to kindness of strangers
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[2026-05-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Introverted young woman with rare condition whose father works far away to fund treatment opens up thanks to kindness of strangers
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[2026-05-01 10:19 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Celebrity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Los Angeles: Britney Spears has been charged in California with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, authorities said.
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[2026-05-01 08:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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[2026-05-01 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Five artifacts were returned to Greece by a family from Chicago, the Greek Culture Ministry announced in a statement last week.
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[2026-05-01 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Just a week after When We See You Again, Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s heartfelt and heartbreaking memoir about the murder of her son Hersh by Hamas terrorists was published, it has hit the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list.
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[2026-05-01 05:31 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP, Wijayanthi Edirisinghe hosted a reception at the Ambassador’s Residence in celebration of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, bringing together members of the Sri Lankan community residing in Bangkok. Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment Minister Dr.
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