Topic: Media — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-01 17:52 UTC+10:00] [Social media ban] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Two-thirds of teenagers are still on social media platforms included in the ban, according to the eSafety commissioner
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[2026-04-01 17:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol received more than 1.2 billion won ($825,000) in inmate funds during roughly eight months of detention, local media reported, citing Justice Ministry data.
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[2026-04-01 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Air strikes continued in and around Tehran in recent hours, with residential areas and key infrastructure reported to have been hit across the capital, Iranian state media reported.
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[2026-04-01 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An American freelance journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad by a suspected Iraqi armed group, the United States said, as regional security deteriorates following the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli Air Force on Wednesday pursued a drone over northern Israel for about 20 minutes, according to local media reports, as sirens sounded across multiple communities.
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[2026-04-01 15:55 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Duke of Sussex sent a stream of personal Facebook messages to a journalist, joking about drinking her under the table and “movie snuggles”.
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[2026-04-01 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Edmonton Oilers goalie Connor Ingram (39) makes the save as Seattle Kraken’s Jordan Eberle (7) and Mattias Ekholm (14) battle for the rebound during first period NHL action, in Edmonton on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-01 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El dominicano Vladimir Guerrero Jr. pega un sencillo en el juego ante los Rockies de Colorado, el martes 31 de marzo de 2026 (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-01 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Winnipeg Jets’ Kyle Connor, center, celebrates after his goal against the St. Louis Blues during third-period NHL hockey game action in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday March 15, 2026. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-01 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BURBANK, Calif., April 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Iyuno, a leading provider of media localization services, today announced the development and early introduction of CLOE, a new contextual intelligence platform designed to reshape how content is prepared, marketed, localized, and adapted across global markets.
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[2026-04-01 13:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer (31) works against the Colorado Rockies during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese state media seized on the breach as proof of Japan’s militarism and ‘rampant far-right ideology’
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[2026-04-01 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran said Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system is now considered a “legitimate” target, according to state media.
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[2026-04-01 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Western media keep asking whether “regime change” in Iran has failed. That question is not only premature when it comes to the war in Iran, but also mistakenly assumes the outcome will be decided by the West. It won’t.
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[2026-04-01 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner (18) works against the Toronto Blue Jays during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-01 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed in an interview Monday that she and Joe Biden had spoken following a lengthy feud between the two that stemmed from her role in the former president dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
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[2026-04-01 11:37 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will address the nation tonight in response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the fuel crisis.It's understood Albanese will outline Australia's response to the conflict and how everyday Australians can pay their part as it continues to impact fuel supply.The special address will begin at 7PM AEDT and will be broadcast across all TV and radio networks simultaneously.
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[2026-04-01 11:07 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson by media advocacy groups as well as Al-Monitor, one of the news outlets for which she worked
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[2026-04-01 11:06 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There is a fair degree of nominative determinism at play when it comes to Massimo De Lutiis.
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[2026-04-01 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New York City FC CEO Brad Sims doesn’t foresee the day that Major League Soccer ever returns to local market broadcast rights, even if it would benefit the club that he helps run.
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[2026-04-01 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of Defense Hegseth says “there are countries around the world who ought be prepared to step up,” chastising allies for not doing more to clear the Strait of Hormuz. Hegseth was echoing an earlier Trump social media post.
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[2026-04-01 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 'Midnight in the American Empire,' How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream.
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[2026-04-01 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Courtney Wilson began her career as a journalist in central Queensland in 2010. She joined the ABC in 2013, working for two years in the roles of both producer and video journalist at the ABC's Ipswich bureau. Courtney is currently working out of Brisbane, reporting on a broad range of stories for ABC TV, radio and online.
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[2026-04-01 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-04-01 08:57 UTC+10:00] [Zohran Mamdani] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s top official, himself a social media star, has reversed a ban on the app that was sparked by concerns over its Chinese links
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[2026-04-01 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Shelly Kittleson pictured in Syria in a photo posted to her X account earlier this year. (Supplied: X/Shelly Kittleson)
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[2026-04-01 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Cody Ponce (66) throws to a Colorado Rockies batter in the first inning of interleague baseball game in Toronto, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-01 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” host Nancy Grace said the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother is a painful reminder of her own fiancé’s murder nearly 50 years ago.
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[2026-04-01 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s delay of an EU inspection of the Druzhba oil pipeline for nearly two weeks is “not smart,” unnamed diplomatic sources have told Euractiv. Kiev had earlier agreed to allow the bloc’s experts to check the conduits for alleged damage.
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[2026-04-01 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Australia led the charge in banning children under 16 from social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, and now much of the Asia-Pacific region — with its young, tech-savvy markets — is eager to follow. The collective push will be impossible for tech platforms to ignore.
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[2026-04-01 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Sky News
Snippet: Efforts are under way to locate Shelly Kittleson and the perpetrators following the incident in Baghdad.
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[2026-04-01 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A young woman poses for photographers surrounded by pairs of red shoes, a symbol of solidarity with victims of domestic violence, during an awareness event in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, where organisers said that one woman dies weekly in Romania due to domestic violence. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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[2026-04-01 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities.
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[2026-04-01 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, signs autographs as he leaves the stage following the closing ceremonies of the 16th World Aids Conference, in Toronto, Aug. 18, 2006. (Aaron Harris/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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[2026-04-01 06:59 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: An American journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, with the country’s interior ministry saying a suspect had been arrested while the others – along with the victim – were still missing.
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[2026-04-01 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “In our changing world…” begins more articles than most editors would care to admit. I have been seeing that line since I was old enough to hold a newspaper. Recently my editor caught me leading a feature with the same cliché.
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[2026-04-01 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has granted approval to enact legal provisions to prevent the export of scrap metal in a manner that harms local industries, with the aim of protecting domestic manufacturers in Sri Lanka, Cabinet Spokesman and Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said.
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[2026-04-01 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo Kickerz Football Academy will partner lady J, through its sportswear brand Airtrack, as the Main Spsonsor and The Papare as the Digital Media Partner for the 2026/27 football season. These partnerships mark an important milestone for the academy as it continues its mission of developing the next generation of football talent in Sri Lanka.
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[2026-04-01 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Critics of social-media platforms are rejoicing over two rulings last week that aim to hold Meta and Google accountable for harm inflicted on kids — but what Tik Tok, likely the worst offender in this space?
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[2026-04-01 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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[2026-04-01 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has approved the installation of 25 standalone Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) with each capacity of 10 MW/40 MWh to better integrate rapidly growing solar power into the national grid and enhance overall system stability, Cabinet spokesman, Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said.
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[2026-04-01 06:26 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Though the US is almost certainly not going to have a draft, media commentary and online anxiety have surfaced
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[2026-04-01 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People greet and take photos with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a Ramadan Iftar hosted by his team at the New York Taxi Workers Association, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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[2026-04-01 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jorgensen speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU energy ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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[2026-04-01 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel would press ahead with its military campaign against Tehran, declaring that it would continue to "crush Iran's terror regime".
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[2026-04-01 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: We’re not afraid to get down and dirty to test celebrities’ favorite beauty products.
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[2026-04-01 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An American journalist who frequently covered the Middle East has reportedly been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, with terrifying surveillance footage showing armed men bundling her into the back of a car.
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[2026-04-01 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BAGHDAD (AP) — An American journalist was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad and Iraqi security forces are pursuing her captors, Iraqi officials said.
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[2026-04-01 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, the Ministry of Interior has confirmed, without providing any information about the reporter’s identity.
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[2026-04-01 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) accused US media of engaging in “selective coverage” that has downplayed the successes of Operation Epic Fury — and instead benefited Iran during the first 30 days of the war.
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