Topic: Media — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto Blue Jays’ Myles Straw (3) hits an RBI double against the Boston Red Sox during eighth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-12 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hiroshi Okuda, then, president of Toyota Motor Corp., smiles as he sits at the steering wheel of the “Aristo,” Toyota’s remodeled sports sedan during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel, Aug. 27, 1997. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
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[2026-08-12 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces attacked agricultural land on Tuesday in the countryside of Syria’s Quneitra, according to local media reports.
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[2026-08-12 09:35 UTC+10:00] [Anthony Albanese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anthony Albanese’s comments about melons given to him by Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi continue to make headlines weeks after they were made
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[2026-08-12 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is going to become a member of the BRICS Bank, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati said, according to reports from Iranian media on Tuesday evening.
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[2026-08-12 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has sent condolences over the death of a former leader of the Lao parliament, state media said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A new hide-and-seek game from Japan, made by a team of just two people, has gone viral. (Screenshot from Meccha Chameleon's Steam store page)
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[2026-08-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: During the rise of the internet, as the World Wide Web moved from government and academic settings to family homes, parents worried about the exposure of their children to predators in online chatrooms. A generation later, as social media became central to young people’s lives, the dangers of platforms like Facebook and Instagram to children’s mental health moved to the forefront of the national conversation.
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[2026-08-12 06:24 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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[2026-08-12 06:24 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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[2026-08-12 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A Wildberries warehouse burns on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg earlier this month. (Social media via Reuters)
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[2026-08-12 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-12 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Türkiye's President, the Saudi Crown Prince and Pakistan's Prime Minister signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca. (Reuters: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office)
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[2026-08-12 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Robert (centre) and younger brother Ken (right) in the 1960s. (Supplied: Robert Smith)
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[2026-08-12 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The new government in Damascus has tried to press Moscow to return to Syria the former longtime President Bashar al-Assad. He's reportedly lived in a posh area of the Russian capital, under heavy security, since he was ousted in December 2024 and forced to flee.
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[2026-08-12 02:31 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Federal Communications Commission on 28 July announced a ban on humanoid robots from China including the popular Unitree G1 model. The Guardian's technology journalist Nick Robins-Early explains the recent popularity of these trending robots and why the US government says they are a risk to the country's national security
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[2026-08-12 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El incendio Bald Range, que ha obligado a las personas a huir de sus viviendas en la región sureña de Okanagan, arde en Summerland, Columbia Británica, la tarde del sábado 8 de agosto de 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press vía AP)
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[2026-08-12 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A warehouse fire caused the closure of two runways at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday, but despite smoke billowing for miles air traffic was not impacted, French media reported.
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[2026-08-12 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Kolthoum Akbari, a 56-year-old who has come to be known by the title of Iran’s “Black Widow,” was sentenced to death after she allegedly confessed to killing 12 out of her 13 husbands, the Mazandaran Judiciary’s public relations office told Iranian state media on Sunday.
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[2026-08-12 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory in last week’s Democratic Senate primary in Michigan represents more than another local election. El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens by less than one percentage point after outside groups supporting her spent more than $60 million, including more than $30 million from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and organizations associated with support for Israel.
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[2026-08-11 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The trial of Malian commentator Youssouf Bathily, known as Ras Bath, and activist Rose opened on August 10 before the Bamako Court of Appeal, with both denying accusations of criminal association and undermining state institutions.
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[2026-08-11 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Bald Range wildfire, that has forced people out of their homes in the south Okanagan region, burns in Summerland, B.C., late Saturday, Aug.8, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-11 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is holding the dead bodies of about 1,700 Palestinians as potential bargaining chips despite there being no Israeli hostages currently held by Palestinian armed groups, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported.
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[2026-08-11 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro claims that the Marcos Administration initiated the People’s Ville in Davao City, showing the development permit issued in July 2023, certificate of recognition issued in June 2024, and Building Permit issued in February 2024. The Palace statement comes after Vice President Sara Duterte claimed in an interview last week that the development of People's Ville started when she wad mayor of Davao City.
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[2026-08-11 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, center-left; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center; and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, fifth from right, perform a Friday Prayer at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Aug. 7. (Photo from Saudi Press Agency's X post)
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[2026-08-11 20:16 UTC+10:00] [Internet Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-08-11 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings in western Colombia for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake this century killed at least 132 people and caused widespread devastation, according to local media.
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[2026-08-11 19:16 UTC+10:00] [Digital Services Act] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Banning social media for minors has, well, gone viral.
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[2026-08-11 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A coalition of farmers, consumer and environmental groups hold placards after a press conference at the Greenpeace office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eileen Ng)
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[2026-08-11 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several Japanese detained upon entering China, according to newspaper, as Beijing alleges foreign firms violated export restrictions
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[2026-08-11 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several Japanese detained upon entering China, according to newspaper, as Beijing alleges foreign firms violated export restrictions
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[2026-08-11 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Volunteering] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: When he saw a messy yard being criticised on social media, Stephen Jalland grabbed his trimmer and decided to help. An overgrown garden, he discovered, often hides an overwhelmed owner
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[2026-08-11 18:34 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The federal opposition is demanding a police investigation into the apparent leaking of a diplomatic note sent by the Japanese government to its counterparts in Canberra, after details of the note were published in media outlets.
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[2026-08-11 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An Iranian assassination threat prompted United States President Donald Trump to secretly switch planes in Turkiye last month, with Air Force One serving as a decoy while he flew out on a smaller military aircraft, according to US media reports.
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[2026-08-11 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It has never been a secret that much of the Western mainstream media "journalist and pundit class" are in reality warmongers and armchair interventionists and chickenhawks - or also activists and advocates operating under the guise of "objective reporting".
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[2026-08-11 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-11 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's media watchdog said Tuesday it will visit the local office of TikTok later this month to inspect the platform's cash reward program.
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[2026-08-11 16:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An elementary school on Jeju Island left no official record after a fifth-grade student with a multicultural background attempted to jump from a third-floor window following more than a year of bullying, according to media reports Tuesday.
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[2026-08-11 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Enzo Maresca sat down with UK-based media in South Korea
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[2026-08-11 15:56 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s counter-terrorism chief has warned of a rise in youth radicalisation fuelled by online extremism, as he raised alarm about the spread of harmful rhetoric from foreign “propaganda machines” and social media platforms with no regard for content moderation.
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[2026-08-11 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: JINCHEON, South Korea, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Before she picked up competitive shooting in her second year in high school, Kwon Yuna had taken interest in journalism.
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[2026-08-11 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1966 -- In an editorial in its main newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, North Korea promulgates the policy of "juche," meaning self-reliance, claiming ideological independence from its allies -- the Soviet Union and China -- at that time.
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[2026-08-11 14:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s media conglomerate has reported a net loss of $238m in the second quarter of 2026, against revenue of $1.7m.
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[2026-08-11 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump, en el centro, saluda mientras camina desde el Marine One para abordar el Air Force One en el aeropuerto de Morristown, el domingo 9 de agosto de 2026, en Morristown, Nueva Jersey. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-11 14:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Police have launched an investigation into allegations that Ador unlawfully disclosed NewJeans member Hanni's visa information to the media during the agency's contract dispute with the singer.
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[2026-08-11 14:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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