Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Recipes] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Whoever said you can’t judge a book by its cover never owned a copy of Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion. Just ask Good Food readers.
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[2026-05-17 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in The Hague, Netherlands, a U.N. court said Saturday, three years after the court declared him unfit to continue standing trial.
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[2026-05-17 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Carolina’s controversial “homewrecker laws” are drawing national attention to deeply personal marital scandals, and this time, a former U.S. senator is at the center of the case.
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[2026-05-17 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
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[2026-05-17 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMAZON.COM Inc was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the US Supreme Court later concluded had been unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-17 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In unprecedented self-dealing maneuver, billions of taxpayer dollars could be paid to US president and his allies
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[2026-05-17 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Aaron Judge hit it out of the park again.
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[2026-05-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-17 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine National Police chief Nicholas Torre III on Friday evening defended police officers against what he described as premature public judgment amid the ongoing investigation into the viral Pasig road rage incident involving a Quezon City Police District officer.
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[2026-05-16 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s ruling coalition has submitted a call for an early election following continued fractures from government allies over the issue of ultra-Orthodox conscription.
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[2026-05-16 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Ministry of Commerce condemned Brussels for escalating the probe, accusing the bloc of coercing Chinese banking institutions
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[2026-05-16 20:05 UTC+10:00] [Ministry of Commerce] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Ministry of Commerce condemned Brussels for escalating the probe, accusing the bloc of coercing Chinese banking institutions
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[2026-05-16 19:49 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: North Queensland had two players sent to the sin-bin, including a controversial professional foul ruling against Reuben Cotter, but showed tremendous fight to spring a good old-fashioned Magic Round upset against the Sydney Roosters.
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[2026-05-16 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Top Gun] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and co-writer Jack Epps discuss how the smash hit action drama came to be, from Tom Cruise vomiting on himself to ruling the box office
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[2026-05-16 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A Russian court on Friday ordered Belgian financial group Euroclear to pay around $250 billion in damages over the freezing of billions of dollars worth of Russian assets in the European Union since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-05-16 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Alex Brewster is the state political reporter for ABC News in Brisbane. He files across television, digital, social, and radio news platforms. Alex joined the ABC in 2021 and has worked as a video journalist in Ipswich, and covered court, crime, housing, and outer suburban issues.
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[2026-05-16 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-05-16 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-05-16 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 16 May 2026 at 3:58pm
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[2026-05-16 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein returned to court in his rape retrial Thursday, a day after the former movie tycoon reported chest pains while in the courthouse.
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[2026-05-16 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Sexual Offences
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[2026-05-16 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Francesca Albanese criticised Israel’s foreign ministry after it described a New York Times article documenting alleged sexual abuse against Palestinians in Israeli prisons as “hideous and distorted lies” and announced plans to file a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper.
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[2026-05-16 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The New York Times accused Israel of attempting to “undermine independent reporting and stifle journalism” after the Prime Minister’s Office announced that it would take legal action against the outlet on Thursday over a controversial column.
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[2026-05-16 13:04 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-16 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Supreme Court on Friday rejected a last-gasp effort by Virginia Democrats to revive a voter-approved redistricting plan that would have given their party an edge in November's midterm elections.
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[2026-05-16 12:09 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-05-16 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning
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[2026-05-16 11:21 UTC+10:00] [Google] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning
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[2026-05-16 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Conrad Manila was the setting for an intimate evening graciously hosted by businesswoman-philanthropist Camille Agbayani and her sister, lawyer Manette Agbayani, who treated me and a select group of guests to a sit-down dinner at the hotel’s renowned China Blue by Jereme Leung.
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[2026-05-16 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New court documents filed in the Rose Bowl’s lawsuit against UCLA revealed how imminent the school’s expected departure was for SoFi Stadium before reversing course.
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[2026-05-16 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Users post ‘real-life’ pictures of yachts, gourmet meals and luxury cars to boost business profiles, chances of romantic encounters.
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[2026-05-16 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives.
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[2026-05-16 09:51 UTC+10:00] [Virginia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition
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[2026-05-16 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — The former secretary of public security for Mexico’s Sinaloa state appeared in a U.S. court on Friday, days after his arrest in Arizona on charges he and other officials took bribes to help the Sinaloa Cartel smuggle vast quantities of drugs into the U.S.
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[2026-05-16 09:32 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It was a court battle that began in a small 12-sided building in Roebourne and ended up creating history - the largest figure ever handed down in Australia for Native Title compensation.
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[2026-05-16 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This week on Typically Depressing True Crime Theatre is The Crash, a reiteration of an awful tragedy that fits the Netflix-documentary template perfectly. In 2023, a judge determined that Mackenzie Shirilla crashed her car on purpose, killing Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan; Mackenzie got two 15-years-to-life sentences, to be served concurrently.
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[2026-05-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-05-16 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)
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[2026-05-16 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A statue titled the “Authority of Law” sits in front of the Supreme Court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-05-16 08:31 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi appeared in US federal court to face six terrorism-related charges
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[2026-05-16 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-16 07:49 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Suit claims Veterans Affairs violates law by restricting abortion services for veterans and their dependents
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[2026-05-16 07:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The death of a recent Auburn University graduate who was killed in an accidental shooting, allegedly by her boyfriend’s father, has been deemed a homicide.
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[2026-05-16 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 16 May 2026 at 7:32am
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[2026-05-16 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student targeted for deportation by the United States government over his pro-Palestine advocacy, have called on an immigration appeals court to reopen and terminate his case.
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[2026-05-16 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A former security chief in Mexico’s Sinaloa state has been taken into US custody on allegations linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, according to federal court records and reports unsealed late Thursday.
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[2026-05-16 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: To install more border barriers, the Trump administration wants to seize 14 acres of land on an iconic mountain outside of El Paso owned by the Catholic Diocese of neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, that attracts thousands of people for an annual religious pilgrimage.
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[2026-05-16 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As backlash over a recent column published by The New York Times alleging that Israeli guards sexually abused Palestinian detainees reached a fever pitch on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke his silence by threatening legal action against the paper.
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[2026-05-16 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Participants gather in Moscow’s Arbitration Court to hold a hearing to consider a lawsuit by Russia’s Central Bank against Belgium-based financial clearinghouse Euroclear in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)
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[2026-05-16 05:45 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Many Australians, Kevin Rudd pronounced in 2021, were worried the Morrison government had appointed Gina Cass-Gottlieb to run the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Rudd charged the competition solicitor with being “a long-serving Murdoch family associate”. She was a “former personal lawyer to Lachlan Murdoch”, Rudd noted, and she had been a director of Murdoch family’s corporate trustee, Cruden Financial Services.
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