Topic: Indigenous — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-05 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ancient forerunner of today’s national college entrance examination saw candidates housed in cells, cheats executed, exiled or flogged
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[2026-06-05 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Mobo Awards founder Kanya King, who worked tirelessly to champion black musicians' contribution to British culture, has died at the age of 57.
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[2026-06-05 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: GameExpo returns to Dubai World Trade Centre this weekend with more than 40,000 visitors expected. Beyond the esports tournaments, cosplay competitions and major brand activations, this year's event is shining a spotlight on Emirati game developers.
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[2026-06-05 17:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES, United States — With its fake horror and off-color jokes, the creators of the sixth installment in the "Scary Movie" franchise say they are offering an antidote to what they see as today's censorious culture.
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[2026-06-05 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Brave dancer with a dream who was brought up by a single mother overcomes falls and pain, takes to stage with determination
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[2026-06-05 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Brave dancer with a dream who was brought up by a single mother overcomes falls and pain, takes to stage with determination
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[2026-06-05 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Son of actor’s girlfriend arrested after 81-year-old found unconscious in his front yard in Tarzana, Los Angeles
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[2026-06-05 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: What we must learn from the murders of Henry Nowak in Southampton and Barnaby Webber in Nottingham is that kneejerk assumptions either way are dangerous
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[2026-06-05 14:41 UTC+10:00] [Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-05 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Punk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fifty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols played their first Manchester gig – and upended pop culture. But what was 1976 really like before punk arrived? From swing bands to ‘spaghetti rock’, we discover a lost history
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[2026-06-05 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Inclusion-driven policy and corporate culture are key to post-COVID economic recovery
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[2026-06-05 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: PlayStation 5 is now in its sixth year, a point in the console cycle when hardware is typically approaching transition. But Sony has indicated it plans to take a different trajectory.
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[2026-06-05 13:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Arts, Culture and Entertainment
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[2026-06-05 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The decision to allow new admission pathways to public universities has triggered concern about the future of Malay-medium education
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[2026-06-05 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The decision to allow new admission pathways to public universities has triggered concern about the future of Malay-medium education
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[2026-06-05 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: While a single mystery lay at the heart of psychologist and writer Lauren Keegan’s debut historical work, Bees in the Hollows, her new novel, The Woman in the Seal Skin, offers layers of intrigue.
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[2026-06-05 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sustainable businesses have backed a UAE government drive to tackle textile waste but they warned a shift in attitude is required to address the “environmental cost” of a throwaway clothing culture.
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[2026-06-05 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-05 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Renegades thrive on camaraderie and ambition, and is staking a claim to the podiums all across the region
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[2026-06-05 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Joanna Baker] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Renegades thrive on camaraderie and ambition, and is staking a claim to the podiums all across the region
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[2026-06-05 09:46 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ted Danson, who rose to sitcom stardom as barkeeper Sam Malone on Cheers, apologised in a podcast for appearing in blackface and his repeated use of a racial slur while roasting actress Whoopi Goldberg more than three decades ago.
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[2026-06-05 08:56 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Paris: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series Persepolis introduced millions of readers to the struggles of ordinary Iranians during the turbulent years around the Islamic Revolution, has died at 56.
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[2026-06-05 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For the Lebanese in the diaspora like myself, the consequences of the country’s civil war are inescapable and palpable. They reverberate socially, politically, economically and emotionally, both within the state and beyond it, and are an ongoing source of curiosity, mystique and suffering.
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[2026-06-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-05 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: There's a bombshell at the end of the first episode of Michael Jackson: The Verdict, the Netflix documentary exploring the pop singer's infamous 2005 criminal trial.
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[2026-06-05 01:17 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed the president’s taxes and how Republicans are already trying to spin the midterms
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[2026-06-04 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: French-Iranian author, illustrator and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, best known for her acclaimed graphic memoir Persepolis and its Oscar-nominated film adaptation, has died in Paris aged 56.
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[2026-06-04 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Best angel investor’ stays by side of ‘annoying’ childhood friend who has become a motorsports legend
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[2026-06-04 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Best angel investor’ stays by side of ‘annoying’ childhood friend who has become a motorsports legend
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[2026-06-04 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 24th Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance began on Thursday with a new route toward the Knesset.
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[2026-06-04 19:00 UTC+10:00] [CULTURE] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Cannes, France – When Tao Okamoto became the first Japanese performer to win the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress prize on May 24, sharing the award with Belgium’s Virginie Efira for their roles in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s drama “All of a Sudden,” the honor marked a milestone in Japanese cinema while underscoring its growing international reach.
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[2026-06-04 17:38 UTC+10:00] [Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Besides Malaysia’s education system, the influencers say the widespread use of Mandarin in the country is a big draw for Chinese visitors
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[2026-06-04 17:03 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Besides Malaysia’s education system, the influencers say the widespread use of Mandarin in the country is a big draw for Chinese visitors
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[2026-06-04 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THIS weekend, Manila travelers can get a taste of paradise as “Guam With Me” (The Manila Event) brings the vibrant energy, culture and lifestyle of Guam straight to the heart of Makati City.
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[2026-06-04 16:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-04 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Do not underestimate a girl at the foot of the mountain, and do not deify her once she reaches the summit,’ Xu famously states
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[2026-06-04 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Do not underestimate a girl at the foot of the mountain, and do not deify her once she reaches the summit,’ Xu famously states
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[2026-06-04 15:53 UTC+10:00] [Internet Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-06-04 13:01 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The legendary Australian radio broadcaster with the golden tonsils is the man with the golden gavel in death.
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[2026-06-04 12:23 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-04 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Many of Patricia Piccinini’s artworks are long-term residents of the Uncanny Valley, the term coined by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori for the phenomenon of humanoid objects that look almost – but not quite – real, triggering unease or revulsion.
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[2026-06-04 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: This week on Culture Bites, hosts Enas Refaei and Farah Andrews look at Beaufort Castle, the Crusader-era fortress in southern Lebanon that has been fought over for nearly 900 years and has once again found itself at the centre of military developments in the region.
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[2026-06-04 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-04 08:59 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: I’m always sceptical of a TV series that stretches out a film-length story to 10 episodes, but this new adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners – which was first made into a 1962 film starring Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, and again in 1991 starring Nick Nolte and Robert De Niro – is a slick, clever update of the original.
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[2026-06-04 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jessica Lange has been an exciting actress since her screen debut as a ditzy starlet who is cradled gently in a giant ape’s palm in King Kong 50 years ago, and she’s just as much fun to watch today in The Great Lillian Hall, which opens in theaters around Israel on Thursday.
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[2026-06-04 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-06-04 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Screenwriters usually have to wait for real-world events to play out before they can apply their blowtorches, so kudos to Gary McCaffrie, the creator and writer of Ground Up, for being first to the punch. This scripted six-part ABC comedy is based on the impending arrival of the AFL’s 19th team, the Tasmania Devils, and the construction of a new stadium in Hobart.
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[2026-06-04 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Sydney Writers’ Festival is searching for a new artistic director after Ann Mossop announced she would step down, the latest move in a period of upheaval for Australia’s cultural institutions.
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