Topic: Media — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain has put an officer from its National Security Agency on trial over the death of a detainee assaulted in custody, state media reported on Thursday.
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[2026-04-17 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BAMENDA, Cameroon — Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants,” in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on Thursday after US President Trump attacked him again on social media.
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[2026-04-17 00:12 UTC+10:00] [Czech politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The Czech government’s plan to scrap public broadcasting license fees and replace them with state budget funding has sparked political backlash and concern in Brussels.
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[2026-04-16 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iran-backed Houthis are training and recruiting children to join the terror group under the guise of summer camps, Yemeni Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani published on social media on Wednesday, along with footage of the apparent training facilities.
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[2026-04-16 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New head coach of German Bundesliga soccer club 1. FC Union Berlin Marie-Louise Eta attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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[2026-04-16 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three arrests have been made following an attempted arson attack at the offices of a Persian language media organisation in north-west London.
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[2026-04-16 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An Iranian embassy has shared an AI-generated video depicting Jesus casting Donald Trump into hell, following backlash over a social media post in which the US president appeared to portray himself as a Christ-like healer.
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[2026-04-16 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Palestinian terrorists released in ransoms for the October 7 Massacre hostages are set to speak on Friday at the San Lorenzo headquarters of Argentina's State Workers Association (ATE), according to social media posts by the union's Rosario branch and Action for Palestine Rosario.
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[2026-04-16 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Departments of Education and Public Works and Highways sign a memorandum of agreement for the Classroom Construction program at the DepEd Central Office in Makati on April 16, 2026. Signing the partnership were Education Secretary Sonny Angara and Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon. In the press briefing, Angara and Dizon said that for this year, 5,000 thousand classrooms would be completed out of the 20,000 that have been started.
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[2026-04-16 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY — Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle claimed Thursday she has been "bullied and attacked" on social media every day for a decade and was "the most trolled person in the entire world."
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[2026-04-16 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: This interview was originally published by the French newspaper Libération on April 11, 2026. It has been translated into English and republished with permission.
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[2026-04-16 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir has authorised five soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian inmate in the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp to return to reserve service after charges against them were dropped, according to Israeli media reports.
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[2026-04-16 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Eric Robic, the French driver convicted of killing Israeli woman Lee Zeitouni in a 2011 hit-and-run in Tel Aviv, was shot dead Thursday morning in a targeted ambush in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, according to French media reports.
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[2026-04-16 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El director ejecutivo de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía, Fatih Birol, durante una entrevista con The Associated Press, en la sede de la AIE en París, el 16 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Michel Euler)
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[2026-04-16 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up an artist rendering of the new triumphal arch as she speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-16 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Peter Magyar, has pledged to suspend the news operations of the state broadcaster following two tense interviews he gave on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s not every day that corporate media unintentionally displays the modern Democratic Party’s headlong descent into radicalism — but it’s exactly what happened Sunday.
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[2026-04-16 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An unusual source of caffeine is whipping up buzz across social media.
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[2026-04-16 20:53 UTC+10:00] [Social media ban] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM summons senior figures from Meta, TikTok, Google and X and says social media is ‘putting our children at risk’
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[2026-04-16 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, at the IEA headquarters in Paris, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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[2026-04-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Minnesota] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After Georgia Fort and Don Lemon reported from a church whose pastor reportedly works for ICE, agents arrested Fort in front of her children
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[2026-04-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Lawyer George Royeca, president and CEO of motorcycle ride-hailing platform Angkas, announces during a press conference at the Quezon Memorial Circle on April 16, 2026 that his company will lower the standard commission rate for its riders from 20 percent to 18 percent. He said this would largely help ease the burden of riders in the wake of the unabated rise in fuel costs due to the ongoing Middle East War.
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[2026-04-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran halted all petrochemical exports to prioritise domestic supply and prevent shortages of raw materials, the economic newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported on Thursday, due to disrupted production after Israel struck several petrochemical hubs.
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[2026-04-16 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is in discussions on staging a second round of peace talks with Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said.
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[2026-04-16 18:27 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has attacked social media companies for failing to protect children from harm, and for deliberately designing their platforms to draw in young people, knowing they are not safe.
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[2026-04-16 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Chris Morrison via THE DAILY SCEPTIC,
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[2026-04-16 17:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Sri Lankan worker who helped rescue fighter jet pilots after a crash has avoided deportation and secured legal residency with the help of the South Korean Air Force, local media reported Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The conflict in the Middle East has led to videos being shared out of context by social media users
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[2026-04-16 17:20 UTC+10:00] [Instagram] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The conflict in the Middle East has led to videos being shared out of context by social media users
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[2026-04-16 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Deng Deng’s passing follows five joyful years in his new home, where he is fondly remembered on social media
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[2026-04-16 16:58 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Deng Deng’s passing follows five joyful years in his new home, where he is fondly remembered on social media
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[2026-04-16 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Romy Stephens is a federal political reporter at Parliament House in Canberra. She was previously a video journalist in Newcastle and Wagga Wagga.
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[2026-04-16 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles prepares to address the National Press Club in Canberra, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
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[2026-04-16 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on social media companies to "step up and take responsibility" over children's online safety, ahead of a Thursday meeting with executives from Meta, Snap, Google, TikTok, and X.
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[2026-04-16 15:15 UTC+10:00] [Social Media] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-16 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-16 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Actress Elizabeth Banks admitted she doesn’t “understand” the 53% of White women who voted for President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris.
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[2026-04-16 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto Maple Leafs’ Matias MacCelli (63) collides with Ottawa Senators’ Nick Cousins (21) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In films and on social media, women in China are openly advocating for themselves and fighting taboos around women’s health
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[2026-04-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [female rights] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In films and on social media, women in China are openly advocating for themselves and fighting taboos around women’s health
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[2026-04-16 11:23 UTC+10:00] [The Press Association] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The British broadcaster will axe 10 per cent of its workforce as it navigates ‘financial pressures’
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[2026-04-16 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, issued a half-baked apology for a flurry of “harmful” resurfaced social media posts from her youth — but made no mention of the troubling content praising Palestinian terrorists and bashing Israel.
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[2026-04-16 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Erin Somerville is a journalist based in the Wodonga office of ABC Goulburn Murray. Erin joined the ABC in 2015 and has experience is print and electronic media and is passionate about sharing stories from regional Australia.
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[2026-04-16 10:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Four high school students in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, were treated at a hospital emergency room on Wednesday after consuming adrenaline provided for a science class experiment, local media reported Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sergio Garcia says players were told at the beginning of the year that LIV Golf's future was secure. (Getty Images: Angel Martinez)
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[2026-04-16 09:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen an artillery firing contest on the birth anniversary of state founder Kim Il-sung, grandfather of the current leader Kim, the North's state media reported Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than one-third of underage social media users in South Korea have been asked by strangers to exchange photos, videos or engage in video calls, a study showed Wednesday, urging stronger platform responsibility to prevent the spread of sexually exploitative content.
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[2026-04-16 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Posts on the WA Police Force's Facebook page attract hundreds of racist comments. (ABC News: Charlie McLean)
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[2026-04-16 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — After the Mets extended their losing streak to seven games with another brutal offensive showing, Steve Cohen decided the time was right in the wee hours of Wednesday morning on the East Coast to post to social media the equivalent of a pep talk to the fans.
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[2026-04-16 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A senior manager at Bloomberg LP bombarded a male employee with crude sexual messages — asking about lubricant and sex acts during a work chat — while the media giant looked the other way, according to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by The Post.
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