Topic: Media — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-04 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the media center, in Beijing, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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[2026-04-04 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian missile attacks caused fires and damage in parts of central and southern Israel, according to Israeli media reports.
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[2026-04-04 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ahead of Easter, faith — and, especially, Catholicism — is suddenly everywhere: with social media influencers, a documented rise in converts and even a Hollywood swell.
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[2026-04-04 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (4) lines up for the snap during a NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Nov. 27, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Patterson, File)
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[2026-04-04 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Syrian state media said Israeli fire killed a man in Qunietra province in the country's south near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as the foreign ministry decried the death of a civilian.
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[2026-04-04 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Maddie Nixon is a digital journalist working with the ABC's national breaking news team.
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[2026-04-04 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon on Friday, state media reported.
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[2026-04-04 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A New York Times headline that laughably mischaracterized NATO as “A North American Treaty Organization” drew widespread scorn on Friday.
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[2026-04-04 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State media in Iran have published images showing Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fighters entering Khuzestan, provoking anger and revulsion among many Iranians, who say these proxy forces are repeatedly brought into the country to kill protesters and defend the ruling system.
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[2026-04-04 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: AP Coach of the Year Voting By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit (Selected by the 61-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25)Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska17Jon Scheyer, Duke13Tommy Lloyd, Arizona11Dusty May, Michigan9Travis Steele, Miami (Ohio)9Grant McCaslin, Texas Tech1Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall1Fred
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[2026-04-04 07:08 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: A file picture of a US F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet, the same type of aircraft claimed by Iranian state media to have been shot down. Source: Getty / Dan Kitwood
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[2026-04-04 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sean Mantesso is a journalist with the ABC's Asia Pacific Newsroom. You can follow him on Twitter: @seanmantesso
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[2026-04-04 06:49 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated that the call for applications for the recruitment of doctors who have completed their internships, into government service will end at 12 noon today and that the period will not be extended even for a minute under any circumstances.
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[2026-04-04 06:48 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The GMOA yesterday said that a strike will be launched at 8 am today once again, over the transfers over the post internship doctors. GMOA Secretary Dr.Prabath Sugathadasa said post‑internship doctors will not apply for public service appointments before 12 noon today (4), as ordered by the Health Minister. The GMOA has instructed post‑internship doctors not to apply for what it described as wrongful public service appointments, highlighting difficulties and issues in rural hospitals.
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[2026-04-04 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iranian military has shot down a US F-35 fight jet over its territory, local media outlets, including the Tasnim news agency, have claimed. American officials confirmed the loss of an F-15 jet and claimed that one pilot has been rescued.
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[2026-04-04 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's air defence system targeted an "enemy" A-10 aircraft in southern waters near the Hormuz Strait, the nation's state media said on Friday.
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[2026-04-04 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The launch of the country’s first set of national guidelines on the use of oxygen in government hospitals was held recently under the patronage of Health and Mass Media Miister Dr.Nalinda Jayatissa.
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[2026-04-04 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-04 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ukraine said a Russian missile and drone strike hit the Zhytomyr region, northwest of Kyiv, on Friday, killing one person and injuring 10 as emergency crews searched through rubble and damaged neighbourhoods. Local authorities reported that 18 houses were destroyed, while about 100 residential buildings and 55 public or administrative buildings were damaged in the attack, which came as part of a wider wave of strikes across the country.
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[2026-04-04 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: One Egyptian citizen was killed and four people suffered minor injuries after debris from an intercepted attack fell on Abu Dhabi's Habshan gas facilities on Friday, Abu Dhabi's media office said.
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[2026-04-04 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Journalist Bhakthi Dharmapriya Mendis has passed away while receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of the National Hospital in Colombo following a serious road accident. He was 47 years old at the time of his death.
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[2026-04-04 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran launched a hunt for the US crew whose jet Iranian media said had been shot down by the Islamic republic's air defense systems Friday, deploying troops and offering a bounty.
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[2026-04-04 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Columbus Blue Jackets’ Damon Severson (78) scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) during first-period NHL hockey game action in Montreal, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-04 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: (UPDATE) AS governments in Asia consider stricter controls on over social media, Philippine advocates are calling for greater oversight of online platforms to protect minors from the risks of unregulated digital spaces.
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[2026-04-04 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Islamist charged with murdering 15 people in the Dec. 14 shooting spree at a Chanukah party at Sydney’s Bondi Beach has lost a bid to protect the identities of family members, local media reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-04 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A top Iranian official who was involved in diplomatic outreach and indirect talks or messaging with the United States and Pakistani mediators was reportedly critically wounded in a US-Israeli strike. Kamal Kharazi, an 81-year-old senior adviser to Tehran and former foreign minister, lost his wife in the Wednesday strike on his home, state media has said.
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[2026-04-04 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Her “sperm cake” is on the menu — and the internet is eating it up.
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[2026-04-04 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s military has threatened to destroy more bridges in southern Lebanon in what observers say is an attempt to cut the area off from the rest of the country as Israeli forces press forward with a devastating ground invasion.
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[2026-04-04 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This Dec. 17, 2015 file photo shows a sign outside the building housing the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Las Vegas. AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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[2026-04-04 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Elizabeth Hurley celebrated the start of the season on social media Thursday, taking to Instagram to post a photo of herself wearing nothing but a yellow bikini bottom while lounging in a field of matching daffodils.
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[2026-04-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia sport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In court documents, Cate Sayers claims the AFL took only two weeks to clear her husband of making the social media post and any wrongdoing
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[2026-04-04 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In a case of life imitating art, there could soon be a real “WKRP in Cincinnati.” A North Carolina nonprofit that has used the famous call letters for a low-power radio broadcast has signed a deal to let a group launch a station in the Ohio city that was home to the fictional station from the popular 1978-82 sitcom of the same name.
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[2026-04-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US justice system] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Decisions on the White House ballroom, public media and journalists’ access to the Pentagon are heartening. But restoring our institutions is up to us
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[2026-04-03 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Kiskunhalas, Hungary. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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[2026-04-03 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jen Affleck, from left, Layla Taylor, Miranda McWhorter, and Jessi Draper Ngatikaura participate in Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” photo call at The Rink at Rockefeller Plaza, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-04-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Over 10 months after shelling out an eye-popping $6.4 billion for Jony Ive's nascent devices startup, OpenAI announced another surprising deal on Thursday, snapping up a media business that streams a three-hour daily tech talk show.
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[2026-04-03 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Twelve people were injured after missile debris fell in Abu Dhabi’s Ajban area following a successful interception, according to the Abu Dhabi Media Office.
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[2026-04-03 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fired off a staunch defense of the Save America Act after a “frankly insulting” question about voter fraud was shouted at her during Turning Point event with Erika Kirk on Thursday.
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[2026-04-03 22:09 UTC+10:00] [Kuomintang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Social media post from Hung Hsiu-chu comes days ahead of sitting KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s visit to mainland
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[2026-04-03 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: European chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi checks her notes during a press conference following meetings with Greek officials on various issues, at a custom of Piraeus port, near Athens, Greece, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
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[2026-04-03 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Russian soldiers fire a grenade launcher towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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[2026-04-03 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan, who was held in police custody for several hours in France on Thursday, will be tried in July for "apology for terrorism" due to a post on social media, the Paris prosecutor's office announced.
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[2026-04-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo plans to introduce loitering munitions with a range of more than 1,000km, according to Japanese media reports citing official sources
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[2026-04-03 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: State media said the bridge, located near Karaj west of Tehran, was hit while people were under the structure and along the riverbank. Witness videos shared online showed smoke rising around the bridge and several explosions as people ran for cover. The attack matters because it appears to have struck a civilian infrastructure site during a public holiday, adding to concern over the widening human cost of the war.
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[2026-04-03 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations Security Council has postponed a vote on a proposal to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Friday to Saturday, according to media reports.
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[2026-04-03 16:30 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT and vanguard of the new wave of disruption sweeping through the economy, has taken a break from buying other artificial intelligence firms to invest in a daily three-hour online chat show.
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[2026-04-03 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Veteran journalist Bakthi Dharmapriya Mendis passed away today following a tragic accident that occurred in Athruguriya. He had been under treatment at the Colombo National Hospital.
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[2026-04-03 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chicago Blackhawks goalie Spencer Knight (30) makes the save as Sam Rinzel (6) and Edmonton Oilers’ Trent Frederic (10) crash the net during the second period of an NHL game, in Edmonton on Thursday April 2, 2026. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-03 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed the finger at former President Joe Biden Thursday for the “hard time” her predecessor, Karine Jean-Pierre, had in the role.
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[2026-04-03 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The top ticket price was $15,900 up from the original $12,560 when the tickets were first released. (AP: Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)
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