Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Trump’s planned White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project.
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[2026-05-17 15:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-17 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering resigning amid a deepening political crisis inside the ruling Labour Party, according to Daily Mail journalist Dan Hodges.
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[2026-05-17 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering resigning amid a deepening political crisis in the ruling Labour Party, according to Daily Mail journalist Dan Hodges.
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[2026-05-17 14:14 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The rape, beating and neglect Marcus* endured during his placement with a foster family left him partially deaf, traumatised and with substance abuse issues.
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[2026-05-17 14:11 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposal to fund $1bn in security additions for White House campus and president’s new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules
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[2026-05-17 13:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has pledged to rewrite the Sex Discrimination Act to enshrine a definition of biological sex, after the Federal Court doubled the damages paid to a transgender woman blocked from a “woman-only” app in a landmark discrimination case.
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[2026-05-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for US President Donald Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project.
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[2026-05-17 10:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi criticised the United States after a federal court temporarily suspended sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
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[2026-05-17 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-17 09:43 UTC+10:00] [Kansas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Parents had sued to halt law, saying they had the right to make decisions regarding the health of their children
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[2026-05-17 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 9:28am
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[2026-05-17 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The wife of jailed drug lord Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán continues to rehabilitate her image as her husband rots in a notorious maximum-security prison in Colorado.
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[2026-05-17 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Hannah Swensen Mystery series on the Hallmark Channel has endured for several years now, like the network’s own version of Murder, She Wrote or Columbo, but as with any long-running franchise, the quality can vary from episode to episode. Fortunately, the latest release, Best Served Cold, is one of the better installments of the series.
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[2026-05-17 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It will be a while before we see another duo like Aaron Judge and Juan Soto in the same lineup, as they were with the Yankees two years ago.
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[2026-05-17 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Accused of bankrolling the mass killing of the Tutsis, Kabuga was declared unfit to continue standing trial because he had dementia
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[2026-05-17 06:19 UTC+10:00] [Tutsi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Accused of bankrolling the mass killing of the Tutsis, Kabuga was declared unfit to continue standing trial because he had dementia
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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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