Topic: Media — Neutral reports only
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[2026-01-06 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Бывший правитель Венесуэлы Николас Мадуро и его жена Силия Флорес, захваченные американскими властями в ходе военной операции, заявили на заседании в понедельник, 5 января, в суде в Нью-Йорке о своей невиновности. "Я невиновен. Я порядочный человек, я по-прежнему президент своей страны", - приводит агентство Associated Press слова Мадуро. Он также назвал себя "военнопленным".
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[2026-01-06 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Government spokespeople responded cautiously to journalists' questions on Monday: For almost 40 minutes, Foreign Office spokeswoman Kathrin Deschauer and government spokesman Sebastian Hille took questions on the subject of Venezuela at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin.
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[2026-01-06 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Deadly clashes between protesters and security forces flared across Iran over the weekend as demonstrations over rising living costs entered a second week, rights groups and local media said Sunday.
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[2026-01-06 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Marco Rubio says a ‘number of media outlets’ held leaks before the US intervention that snatched President Nicolas Maduro
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[2026-01-06 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Bangladesh’s interim government has banned broadcast of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), the latest flashpoint in a growing row with neighbouring India, which has now extended to cricket ties between the two nations.
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[2026-01-06 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Zaluzhny blames Zelensky. German Media Nord Stream report claims CIA and Zaluzhny knew
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[2026-01-06 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced eight journalists and social media commentators to life imprisonment in absentia after convicting them of terrorism-related offences linked to online activity in support of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
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[2026-01-06 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Some social media users questioned why the White House used the image for a message tied to the Venezuela operation
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[2026-01-06 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Na semana passada, o Departamento de Estado norte-americano acrescentou o Botswana, o Butão, a Guiné-Bissau, a Guiné-Conacri, a Namíbia, a República Centro-Africana e o Turquemenistão à lista de países que têm de pagar uma caução de 15.000 dólares (cerca de 13.700 euros) para se candidatarem a um visto de entrada no país, noticiou hoje a agência norte-americana Associated Press (AP), que cita como fonte o site travel.state.gov.
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[2026-01-06 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Donald Trump doesn’t even bother to hide his true intentions. The propaganda, by active commission and omission, has been left to the mainstream American news media operating on autopilot. The United States is going to be “very strongly involved” in Venezuela’s oil industry, the President told Fox News after authorising the American military to launch a coup d’etat and kidnap its head of state, President Nicolas Maduro.
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[2026-01-06 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India has debunked claims made by a social media account stating that the President of the Republic of Somaliland held official talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that India was set to recognise Somaliland.
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[2026-01-06 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (Sri Lanka CERT) has received more than 12,650 complaints related to social media misuse and cyber-security incidents in 2025. This represents a significant rise in online frauds, digital fraud, and cyber harassment when compared with prior years.
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[2026-01-06 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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[2026-01-06 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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[2026-01-06 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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[2026-01-06 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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[2026-01-05 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president’s comments on Greenland and a ‘SOON’ social media post by the wife of a top aide spur anxieties in the Arctic
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[2026-01-05 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: An inquiry has been launched after social media clips purport to show women drinking and socialising with personnel inside military camps
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[2026-01-05 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Veteran journalist and lyricist Chandrasena Thalangama passed away last night (4) at the age of 71.
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[2026-01-05 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-01-05 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-01-05 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the parenting styles that are conducive to growth, raising awareness of Hong Kong’s new smoking rules, and minimising disruption in our water supply
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[2026-01-05 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Our sister newspaper Silumina ran an absorbing feature on the habit of diary-keeping. The author of the article, Vajira Liyanage, has traced a search for diary sellers in Pettah. What I have gathered as one telling discovery is this: the sellers rarely, if ever, encounter young buyers. It is not some unsettling detail.
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[2026-01-05 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Namal Rajapaksa MP said he is currently “preparing the pitch” and the “team will be selected at an appropriate time before the match” while resorting to cricketing parlance when a journalist questioned about SLPP’s preparations for any upcoming election.
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[2026-01-05 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The contemporary world we inhabit is characterised by a deeply mediated social psyche, shaped and intensified by constant media consumption. This condition can be historically traced back to the early 1950s, particularly to the work of Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver, mechanical and mathematical engineering researchers at the American Bell Telephone Company.
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[2026-01-05 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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[2026-01-05 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Police yesterday said that a message currently circulating on social media and messaging platforms, titled as a “Police Notice” and containing a list of safety instructions, has not been issued by Sri Lanka Police.
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[2026-01-04 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rush of posts on ordinary Americans’ financial fragility upends long-held views of prosperous US, prompts comparisons with Chinese situation
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[2026-01-04 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Robert and May Leong have been posting online since 2022, with their quirky dance and comedy reels finding wide appeal
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[2026-01-04 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Zaluzhny blames Zelensky. German Media Nord Stream report claims CIA and Zaluzhny knew
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[2026-01-04 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Zaluzhny blames Zelensky. German Media Nord Stream report claims CIA and Zaluzhny knew
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[2026-01-04 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The Myanmar junta will release more than 6,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day, the state media reported on Sunday.
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[2026-01-04 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2026-01-04 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2026-01-03 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Zaluzhny blames Zelensky. German Media Nord Stream report claims CIA and Zaluzhny knew
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[2026-01-03 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Multiple explosions rocked Venezuela’s capital Caracas early on Saturday (Jan 3) and columns of black smoke and aircraft could be seen, according to Reuters witnesses and images circulating on social media.
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[2026-01-03 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: At a press conference on Friday, Valais canton Attorney General Beatrice Pilloud said investigators were interviewing witnesses and would review video evidence to determine whether a bar that went up in flames in the early hours of 2026 had the correct fire safety procedures and emergency exits.
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[2026-01-03 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-01-03 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Everything was done according to the regulations,’ Jacques Moretti, a Frenchman who manages the Le Constellation bar, told local media
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[2026-01-03 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Artrain Art Exhibition 2025, held from December 19 to 21 at the J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, marked a milestone as Sri Lanka’s first art exhibition produced entirely through an online art academy. Featuring works by 63 artists aged 7 to 64 from across Sri Lanka and more than eight foreign countries, the exhibition challenged the belief that visual arts cannot be taught online.
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[2026-01-03 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: South Korea announced Friday that President Lee Jae Myung will make a State visit to China, where he will meet with President Xi Jinping, local media reported.
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[2026-01-03 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Veteran journalist and film director Rodney Vidanapathirana recently received a Special Honour Award at the Chinnaswamy Hindusthan Gagan Awards Ceremony, held under the patronage of the Karnataka State Open University in India.
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[2026-01-03 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Media Factory Head of Media Kapila Sudath made the first transaction for 2026 with the Lake House Advertisement Department by handing over a commercial advertisement to ANCL Finance Director Channa Kevitiyagala. Editorial Director Sisira Yapa, Operations Director Chamara Janaraj Peiris, Legal Director Chamara Nanayakkarawasam, Marketing DGM Chinthaka Yapa and Company Secretary Sudarshi Hewawasam were also present.
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[2026-01-03 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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[2026-01-03 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Nathan, 19, who managed to escape, described the dramatic moments to the newspaper Blick: "One woman was sitting on the shoulders of another woman. She had two bottles of sparklers." The sparklers were waved so high that they touched the ceiling. "It suddenly caught fire," the young Swiss man continued.
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[2026-01-03 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Venezuela anunciou nesta quinta-feira (01/01) a libertação de 88 pessoas presas por protestarem contra a contestada vitória do presidente Nicolás Maduro nas eleições de julho de 2024, no mais recente gesto de boa vontade do regime venezuelano que se encontra sob forte pressão dos Estados Unidos.
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[2026-01-02 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tourists left the Ham Tin Wan Campsite in complete disarray, prompting backlash on local social media
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[2026-01-02 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chen Qi says offender has been arrested after sending a direct message threatening Olympic gold medallist’s ‘entire family’
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[2026-01-02 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State media has released images of the first recorded visit of Kim Ju-ae, the teen daughter of Kim Jong-un, to the country’s most sacred site
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[2026-01-02 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Zaluzhny blames Zelensky. German Media Nord Stream report claims CIA and Zaluzhny knew
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