Topic: Media — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Large crowds have descended upon central London for an anti-immigration rally dubbed ‘Unite the Kingdom’. Videos and photographs posted on social media on Saturday showed demonstrators assembling in the British capital hours before the main march began.
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[2026-05-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Press freedom] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: What does defending press freedom mean in practice? We asked people across the Guardian to tell us something they have done to protect it this past year. The range of responses will likely surprise you
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[2026-05-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Jonathan Alpert has been a psychotherapist for decades, but in his new book, he questions whether his profession is doing some people more harm than good. “Therapy has never been more ubiquitous, yet we’re anxious, fragile, lost, and more divided than ever,” he writes in the introduction to “Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It’s Left Us More Anxious and Divided” (Hanover Square Press).
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[2026-05-16 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily, Russia’s state media reported Friday night.
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[2026-05-16 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Palestinian who tried to sell a lion cub was sentenced to 30 months in prison as part of a plea deal, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-16 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed to the public and media to submit verifiable photos, videos, and other pieces of evidence that could help in the investigation of the Senate shooting.
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[2026-05-16 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) on Saturday denied reports circulating on social media that there was no CCTV footage of the shooting incident involving Senate security personnel and operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) earlier this week.
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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 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yashar! party chairman Gadi Eisenkot said Friday that he would be willing to sit in a coalition with haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, saying in a video posted to social media: “Of course. I sit with anyone who strengthens the State of Israel.”
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[2026-05-16 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Charmaine Manuel is a news reporter based in Shepparton. Before joining the ABC she was a journalist at The Examiner in Launceston.
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[2026-05-16 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Associated Press laid off 20 US-based journalists on Friday, the union representing them said, part of a restructuring announced last month that is turning the news organization's focus away from print journalism and toward visual journalism and other revenue sources.
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[2026-05-16 13:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Travis Jackson, of Montgomery, stands during a press conference outside the Alabama state house during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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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 13:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One en route to the U.S. on May 15, after visiting President Xi Jinping in China. © Reuters
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[2026-05-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-16 12:50 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Defense Ministry is considering exports of surface-to-ship missiles to the Philippines, local media reported Friday, as Tokyo adopts a more assertive regional security role amid concern about China.
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[2026-05-16 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, is seen in a social media video shooting at the animal to test ‘how dead it is’
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[2026-05-16 12:26 UTC+10:00] [Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, is seen in a social media video shooting at the animal to test ‘how dead it is’
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[2026-05-16 11:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A top official of North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature met Vietnam's Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung for talks in Pyongyang earlier this week, the North's state media reported Saturday.
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[2026-05-16 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jacqueline Breen is a cross media reporter in the ABC's Darwin newsroom. She travelled north after working in Broken Hill in the dusty far west of New South Wales, and before that in the Sydney newsroom. You can follow her on Twitter at @Jacqueline_E_B
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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 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It's always interesting when gun control activists and the media discover something about the firearms world that gun enthusiasts have known for decades. It shows that the people desperately clamoring to erase the 2nd Amendment often know nothing about the weapons they want to regulate.
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[2026-05-16 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani was blasted for “corrupting history” about the creation of Israel in a vile social media post paying tribute to Palestinians – sent out just before Jewish New Yorkers observed Shabbat.
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[2026-05-16 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A top official of North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature met Vietnam's Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung for talks in Pyongyang earlier this week, the North's state media reported Saturday.
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[2026-05-16 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There isn’t much to see by the time the media is allowed inside Knicks practice. Mostly just free throws.
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[2026-05-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Politicians still care about traditional media, but winning over people spending more of their lives online is the challenge for modern MPs
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[2026-05-16 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Will Corbett is a journalist working in Western Australia's Great Southern.
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[2026-05-16 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Un número no especificado de estudiantes fue reportado como desaparecido después de que presuntos milicianos yihadistas atacaron una escuela secundaria en el estado de Borno, en el noreste de Nigeria, informó la policía a The Associated Press el viernes.
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[2026-05-16 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Elise Kinsella is a journalist in Melbourne. She has previously worked for the ABC on the Gold Coast and in Gippsland. She can be reached on Twitter at @EliseK53
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[2026-05-16 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: John Tortorella apparently didn’t want anything to do with the media Thursday night.
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[2026-05-16 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Social media users raised concerns after Randy Jackson looked “frail” while making a cameo on “American Idol.”
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[2026-05-16 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella speaks after the game win against the Utah Mammoth of Game 6 in the first round of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
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[2026-05-16 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democratic strategist James Carville warned Wednesday that anti-Israel activists aligned with Democrats could damage the party politically, while insisting that “most” antisemites “are not Democrats.”
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[2026-05-16 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Nate Silver slammed his former ABC News employers as “a bunch of a–holes” on Friday after the Disney-owned network took down the entire archives of his now-defunct FiveThirtyEight news site.
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[2026-05-16 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A heartwarming “promposal” orchestrated with the help of local police has left social media users smiling after officers staged a fake “arrest” so a teenage boy could surprise his date with an unforgettable invitation to prom.
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[2026-05-16 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iranians facing internet blackouts have been ordered to post pro-government content and hand over a slew of personal information to regain access, according to independent media outlets.
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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 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Roberto Orozco-Ramirez Jr and Sr. embrace outside of the Cascade County Sheriff’s after being released, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Great Falls, Mont. (Lauren Miller, Montana Free Press, CatchLight Local/Report for America via AP)
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[2026-05-16 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disturbing video of a Roblox character shooting up a Manhattan high school sparked alarm this week – until the footage was finally removed from social media Friday.
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[2026-05-16 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – El logotipo de The Associated Press en las oficinas mundiales de la agencia noticiosa en Nueva York, el 9 de abril de 2025. (AP Foto/Aaron Jackson, Archivo)
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[2026-05-16 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff speaks to his team in the final minutes of play against the Montreal Canadiens during third period second round, Game 4, NHL playoff action in Montreal on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-05-16 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer is defending his campaign’s controversial use of paid social media influencers after state election regulators opened an investigation into whether online creators failed to properly disclose sponsored political content.
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[2026-05-16 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GENEVA — FIFA finally sealed a World Cup broadcast rights deal for China on Friday, just 27 days before the opening game and at a much lower reported price than the soccer body wanted.
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[2026-05-16 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Trading cards have been around for more than a century, but social media has rebooted the once iconic childhood hobby into a $50 billion global industry predicted to hit $90 billion by 2032.
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[2026-05-16 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — An unspecified number of students are missing after suspected jihadi militants attacked a secondary school in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Friday, police told The Associated Press.
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[2026-05-16 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A FIFA World Cup trophy is displayed on stage for a panel on the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament halftime show at the Global Citizen NOW summit, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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[2026-05-16 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MIAMI — The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, as President Donald Trump threatens possible military action against the communist-run island.
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[2026-05-16 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Maxine Waters refused to say whether a 100-year-old should be allowed to serve in Congress during a Capitol Hill exchange with a TMZ producer who pressed the California Democrat on whether elected officials need age limits.
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[2026-05-16 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former professional goaltender Manon Rheaume poses for a photograph with three of her masks Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 in Detroit. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
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