Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-27 06:25 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New York mayor to meet president – who called Mamdani a ‘nice guy’ during State of the Union – for second time
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[2026-02-27 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CHICAGO — A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as cross-country memorial services began in the city the late civil rights leader called home.
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[2026-02-27 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The European Commission has told member states they can use existing EU funding to pay for safe abortions, after a citizens' initiative attracted 1.1 million signatures to help women without access to safe and legal terminations.
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[2026-02-27 06:01 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-02-27 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Some HungryPanda drivers say they have received calls from Chinese police. (ABC News: Bang Xiao)
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[2026-02-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme in June, President Donald Trump boasted on Tuesday during his State of the Union address, just before adding that the Islamic Republic is now on the verge of starting it “all over again”.
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[2026-02-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-02-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s leading environmental legal service could be stripped of Commonwealth funding as Resources Minister Madeleine King warns taxpayers deserve a “higher standard of conduct” following a second high-profile courtroom defeat against oil and gas giant Santos.
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[2026-02-27 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A shopper heads into a Walmart store Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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[2026-02-27 04:05 UTC+10:00] [Shia LaBeouf] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The actor, long open about his struggle with sobriety, was also ordered to undergo drug testing and pay $100,000 bond
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[2026-02-27 03:38 UTC+10:00] [Your Party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former Labour leader says time for ‘real work’ to begin as his candidates take 14 of 24 available places on executive committee
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[2026-02-27 03:20 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed the response to the long-winded speech and suspicious redactions from the Epstein files
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[2026-02-27 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Bangladeshi court has ordered the issuance of an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Tulip Siddiq, a British lawmaker, over corruption charges.
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[2026-02-27 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UK’s Charity Commission has found “mismanagement” in the administration of the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) over a statement attacking the Labour government for a partial arms embargo on Israel.
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[2026-02-27 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during an interview following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-02-27 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The French believe that in Christo Popov, Alex Lanier and the pair of Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, they have launch pad for Games glory
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[2026-02-27 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ireland’s James Lowe, is tackled by Italy’s Monty Ioane, right, during a Six Nations rugby union match between Ireland and Italy in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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[2026-02-27 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’.
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[2026-02-27 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: If you’re a legal resident in Spain and want to travel abroad to other countries in the European Union, find out if it's necessary to get travel insurance.
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[2026-02-27 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset passed a bill on Wednesday exempting US olim (new immigrants) who are obligated to pay US Social Security taxes from paying Israeli National Insurance contributions for five years from the time they make aliyah, in order to prevent double payments.
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[2026-02-27 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The top flight of English rugby union was rebranded as the Gallagher Prem from the start of this season
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[2026-02-27 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hiring sign is displayed in front of a restaurant in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-02-27 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Initial jobless claims continue to hover near multi-decade lows, refusing to show any signs of labor market stress.
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[2026-02-27 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's slate has won the election for Your Party's Central Executive Committee, making him its parliamentary leader.
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[2026-02-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [State of the Union address] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Before arrest at US House chamber Tuesday, Aliya Rahman had only a month earlier been dragged from her car by ICE
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[2026-02-26 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: It was not an easy decision for Manal* to remove her two children from Unrwa’s health insurance. But it was a necessary one. Faced with a widening hole in her family’s budget, the English teacher at an Unrwa school in Jordan made a stark calculation: cut health cover or sink deeper into debt.
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[2026-02-26 21:56 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After the star made a fresh denunciation of the US president at an alternative State of the Union event, Trump returned fire at length on Truth Social, calling De Niro ‘sick and demented’
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[2026-02-26 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has drawn sharp criticism after sharing unverified allegations that the IDF was involved in the removal of organs from Palestinian bodies, a claim that Jewish organizations and officials have labelled a modern blood libel.
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[2026-02-26 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Employment, Arun Hemachandra, met with South Korea’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Eui-Hae Cecilia Chung, in Seoul yesterday (25) to chart a new course for bilateral cooperation.
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[2026-02-26 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) has risen, edging closer to one million.
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[2026-02-26 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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[2026-02-26 19:32 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed eagerness Thursday to compile a support program for the so-called employment ice age generation within fiscal 2025, which ends on March 31.
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[2026-02-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A man who hospitalised a paramedic will escape a mandatory jail term for assaulting an emergency service worker because she was not treating a patient when she was attacked.
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[2026-02-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ocado Group is planning 1,000 job cuts, about 5% of its global workforce, over the coming year as it seeks to cut costs.
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[2026-02-26 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Thibaud Flament has scored six tries in 36 Tests for France
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[2026-02-26 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his State of the Union address Trump said his preference was to use diplomacy in dealing with Iran. But, he added, “I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror — which they are, by far — to have a nuclear weapon.”
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nagging family members, burden of cooking for festive feasts see growing number of people deciding to stay in big cities where they work
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[2026-02-26 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kakao Pay, the payments arm of Kakao Corp., surged on Thursday after the USDC issuer Circle delivered an overnight earnings surprise that rippled through stablecoin-linked shares in Seoul.
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[2026-02-26 16:42 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The rural Queensland home where two police officers and a civilian were killed by religious fanatics and conspiracy theorists has been listed for sale after negotiations stalled between the Train family estate and the Queensland Police Union.
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[2026-02-26 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Bioscience said Wednesday it has secured its first European Union-backed vaccine development project alongside German subsidiary IDT Biologika, marking a key milestone one year after the acquisition.
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[2026-02-26 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-02-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: FICTIONDepartment of the VanishingJohanna BellTransit Lounge, $34.99
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[2026-02-26 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Ministry of Justice said Wednesday that it decided in October 2025 to stop issuing visas to international students participating in employment-residency programs before the age of 19.
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[2026-02-26 15:45 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.
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[2026-02-26 15:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As immigration raids intensify, migrant workers describe injuries, family separation and the contradictions of Korea’s labor system
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump heckled during State of the Union
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[2026-02-26 14:06 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Since October, the Guardian Essential poll has been following the rise in support for One Nation but this month’s results might also ring alarm bells for Labor. This is because nearly half of Labor voters said they would be open to voting for One Nation at the next federal election.
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[2026-02-26 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's average household income rose 4 percent from a year earlier in the fourth quarter driven by a rise in wages, government data showed Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los republicanos permanecen de pie mientras los demócratas siguen sentados durante el discurso del presidente Donald Trump sobre el Estado de la Unión en la Cámara de Representantes, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
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