Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany should reintroduce compulsory military service in order to increase the size of its armed forces, Markus Soder, the leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), has said.
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[2026-04-28 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Bondi “energy healer” will spend at least eight months behind bars after being recruited during a Dubai holiday to become a cocaine money launderer.
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[2026-04-28 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lancaster Pa., Mayor Jaime Arroyo speaks with attendees at the ribbon cutting for a Finanta Credit Union in Reading, Pa., Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-04-28 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Coal miners in Russian-occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region say they have been left without pay and facing mass layoffs after the company operating several major mines moved toward bankruptcy, deepening economic hardship in a region already battered by more than a decade of war.
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[2026-04-28 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The controversial billionaire tax measure has secured enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, according to the union leading the charge.
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[2026-04-27 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A crew member fell overboard from a Norwegian cruise ship off the coast of Massachusetts Sunday, sparking a major search and rescue operation.
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[2026-04-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 12-point document pledges stronger protections for gig-economy workforce, which has rapidly grown amid China’s economic slowdown
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[2026-04-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Mengzi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 12-point document pledges stronger protections for gig-economy workforce, which has rapidly grown amid China’s economic slowdown
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[2026-04-27 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Senior Labour figures have criticised calls for a new parliamentary investigation into whether the prime minister was honest with MPs about the vetting process for Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US.
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[2026-04-27 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Liberal Democrats say they would pay cash rewards of up to £5,000 for tip-offs that lead to successful prosecutions of criminals illegally dumping waste.
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Five privileged LIRR unions are aiming to hold the metro region hostage: If the MTA refuses to pay the ransom — a steep wage hike — they’ll strike, possibly as soon as May 16.
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[2026-04-27 19:51 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number below your letter. No attachments. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-04-27 19:42 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Emily Thornberry says foreign affairs committee already looking into issue and more documents are due to be published
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[2026-04-27 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor members and associates would be sacked from Victorian government boards if the Coalition is elected in November, with shadow attorney-general James Newbury declaring “Labor cronies” are officially on notice.
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[2026-04-27 19:23 UTC+10:00] [Labor party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Images in Helen Polley’s post included a marching band, people laying wreaths and ex-serving members giving speeches set to a track by US rapper Chingy
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[2026-04-27 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A worker walks past the logo of TSMC or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Daniel Ceng, File)
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[2026-04-27 18:26 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conservatives expected to push for privileges committee involvement in a Commons vote on Monday
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[2026-04-27 16:41 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: ISIS families trying to return Australia have been warned they could be arrested once they land, as the Coalition calls on Labor to find a way to block “terrorist sympathisers”.
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[2026-04-27 16:33 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-04-27 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- A major umbrella union will hold a large-scale rally on Labor Day to demand responsibility over the death of a cargo worker hit by a truck during a recent demonstration, officials said Monday.
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[2026-04-27 15:51 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A mother of two from Melbourne’s north took her own life after The Good Guys “let everyone down” by failing to properly handle her bullying complaints.
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[2026-04-27 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Distracted, listless and unambitious – the PM’s true form has finally emerged. But whatever comes next must end this ruinous cycle
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[2026-04-27 14:14 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-27 12:04 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: After signing British and Irish Lions stars Finn Russell and Henry Pollock to his stable of world-famous boxers, leading promoter Eddie Hearn has Wallabies and Waratahs star Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii on his radar ahead of his return from injury on Friday against the Western Force in Sydney.
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[2026-04-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Data] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The think tank credited with helping to deliver Keir Starmer’s 2024 election landslide is set to overhaul its operations and change its name after being rocked by scandal.
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[2026-04-27 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Envelopes of cash, TAB vouchers, shares in horses and tanks of diesel. Cheap blocks of land and tradesmen being overpaid for jobs.
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[2026-04-27 10:27 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-04-27 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A 21-year-old who graduated at the top of his class after spending roughly $125,000, including expenses, on his college degree said “the system is broken” after he applied for 500 jobs and didn’t get one.
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[2026-04-27 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: One content creator said the conditions of the previous licence weren't "worth the amount of money" he had to fork out. (Parks and Wildlife Service/Tasmanian Government)
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[2026-04-27 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Distorted expansionStrong headline growth conceals Korea's imbalance, labor tensions, external shocks
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[2026-04-27 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Flexible, investor-oriented labour regulations will continue to apply within Port City Colombo, officials confirmed during a recent session of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF), chaired by Dr Harsha de Silva.
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[2026-04-27 05:44 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau states that the amount of remittances sent by migrant workers to the country during the first quarter of this year has increased by 26.5% compared to the first quarter of last year. From January to March 2026, the country received remittances of US $ 2.29billion.
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[2026-04-27 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Editorial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At 1.23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, a massive explosion ripped through Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union, in an area that now belongs to Ukraine. A safety test triggered the worst nuclear accident in history, releasing 400 times more radiation into the atmosphere than the Hiroshima bomb of August 1945.
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[2026-04-27 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Talk among MPs shifts from whether PM could be removed to possible processes for ‘transition’ as frustration grows
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[2026-04-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A former federal Labor MP appointed as Victoria’s key intermediary to the defence industry is also working at a lobbying firm that has clients in the sector, raising potential conflicts in the taxpayer-funded role.
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[2026-04-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson’s candidate for next month’s Farrer byelection sought to run for Labor under Anthony Albanese’s leadership and personally donated to the party’s election fund, in a blow for a One Nation campaign built on attacking the major parties.
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[2026-04-27 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Relatives of victims pay respects at the site of an attack on the Pan-American Highway in Cajibio, Colombia, Sunday, April 26, 2026, where at least a dozen people were killed in an attack authorities blamed on dissident groups of the former FARC rebels. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
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[2026-04-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US small business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some employers are reluctant to cut workers’ hours but pay them the same – but it just might be the future of work
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[2026-04-26 23:05 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-04-26 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Battery electric vehicles (BEVs or EVs) have been touted as the future of motoring for the past few years, with the European Union mandating a ban on the sale of new combustion-powered vehicles from 2035 in member countries.
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[2026-04-26 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 1986 disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in what was then the Soviet Union
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[2026-04-26 20:44 UTC+10:00] [Chernobyl] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 1986 disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in what was then the Soviet Union
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[2026-04-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Victorian Liberals are planning to preference One Nation ahead of Labor as a default position at the November state election, in a move former premier Steve Bracks warns will legitimise support for Pauline Hanson’s party and hasten the collapse of the traditional centre-right party.
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[2026-04-26 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tal Naim, spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, was attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday night and described the panic in an interview with Channel 12 on Sunday, several hours after the incident.
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[2026-04-26 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-26 19:41 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A winless weekend for the Australian teams was disappointing, but Super Round in Christchurch was the best few days in Super Rugby Pacific’s short history, with daylight second.
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[2026-04-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-26 18:34 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister says ‘you never hear from … the people who are supportive, loyal and just want to get on with the job’
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[2026-04-26 16:16 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-04-26 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: University of Seoul professor says disruption could hurt customer confidence as union plans rally near Samsung Chair Lee Jae-yong's residence
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