Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Before his trip to Papua New Guinea for Anzac Day commemorations, the minister for veterans’ affairs and defence personnel, Matt Keogh, speaks with political editor Tom McIlroy.
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[2026-04-24 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The war in Iran has significantly depleted a huge portion of the US military's global ammunition stockpile, according to a report published by The New York Times.
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[2026-04-24 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices rose Friday as the Middle East conflict continues to stoke energy worries, with both the U.S. and Iran seizing ships as the Strait of Hormuz stays shut.
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[2026-04-24 11:50 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It’s been almost two months since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, unleashing violence across the region and chaos in the global economy. But one of the strange and definitely unintended consequences of this war has been a renewed focus on green energy. Jo Tovey sits down with Gabrielle Jackson and Adam Morton to discuss whether this crisis will energise or end the renewables revolution
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[2026-04-24 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A McKinsey survey of 50 global investors in March found that private markets accounted for nearly 73% of the alternative investments by Middle Eastern funds in India. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Evolvence Group, KAAF Investments and the Olayan Group's websites)
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[2026-04-24 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Jets bolstered their defense with their first pick on Thursday night and then addressed their offense with their second pick.
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[2026-04-24 11:36 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-24 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Australia will begin a monthlong project next week to excavate the remains of an Australian soldier who went missing while fighting during the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's defense ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-24 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US Army soldier involved in the capture of Nicolas Maduro has been charged with making $400,000 by betting on the removal of the ousted Venezuelan leader, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Tech linebacker David Bailey celebrates after being chosen by the New York Jets with the second overall pick during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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[2026-04-24 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia is set to buy several nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines from the US in the 2030s (Reuters: Brian Snyder)
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[2026-04-24 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro has been arrested after he allegedly bet on the removal of Venezuela's former leader before the information was publicly available.
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[2026-04-24 10:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran, noting that he hopes to make the "best" peace deal with the Islamic Republic and does not want to "rush" himself.
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[2026-04-24 10:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army carried out air strikes on southern Lebanon, claiming that launchers used to fire the rockets were targeted.
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[2026-04-24 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out striking Iran with a nuclear weapon, following his earlier threats to completely destroy Iranian civilisation.
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[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Congress] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US lawmakers push export controls to limit China’s tech access in a bid to protect the US semiconductor industry
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[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US lawmakers push export controls to limit China’s tech access in a bid to protect the US semiconductor industry
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[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Spring has reached its most vivid point in Seoul, making it the perfect time to step outside to take it all in. At Yongsan Children’s Garden, a once off-limits military site reborn as a public park, wide lawns and quiet paths offer a rare sense of openness in the city’s core.
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[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Last week, local media in Iran reported that "Janfada girls" had been involved in a pro-regime demonstration in Iran. Source: Getty, SBS
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[2026-04-24 09:55 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: AYIA NAPA, Cyprus ― The afternoon began with the EU finally sealing its €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The evening ended with leaders confronting the sheer scale of everything else they have to do.
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[2026-04-24 09:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie says Australia has allowed an overreliance on the United States military to weaken the country.
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[2026-04-24 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan late Thursday announced stunning charges against an Army officer who allegedly traded on classified info involving the US military operation to capture former Venezuelan strong man Nicolás Maduro – netting $400,000.
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[2026-04-24 09:40 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Duke of Sussex says US must ‘honour obligations’ as it persuaded Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons; US president retorts that Harry doesn’t speak for Britain. What we know on day 1,521
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[2026-04-24 09:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March as Iran war-fueled higher energy prices stoke consumer inflation.
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[2026-04-24 09:32 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A US soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $US400,000 ($560,000) in an online betting market, federal officials announced.
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[2026-04-24 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Three professors at Atlanta’s Emory University in the United States have filed a lawsuit over their arrests during a 2024 campus protest over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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[2026-04-24 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Federal authorities arrested a US Army special forces soldier Gannon Van Dyke on Thursday for allegedly using classified insider information from the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Polymarket - the first known instance of the Department of Justice prosecuting insider trading on such a platform.
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[2026-04-24 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: At the Kyiv Security Forum, Prince Harry asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war. (Reuters: Valentyn Ogirenko)
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[2026-04-24 08:45 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-24 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Iranian woman accused of helping to secure weapons for the regime will remain behind bars after a no-nonsense message from a federal judge.
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[2026-04-24 08:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US Army Special Forces soldier was arrested Thursday for using classified information about the military operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to place winning bets on Polymarket and pocket more than $400,000.
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[2026-04-24 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: At the height of the 2020 riots, a book was published entitled “In Defense of Looting.” At the time I asked a bookshop in New York, which was prominently displaying the work, whether I could walk out with the book without paying. I was told not.
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[2026-04-24 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Donald Trump has lashed out at a reporter who asked whether his threats to destroy Iranian power plants, bridges, and the entire civilization meant he was ready to use a nuclear weapon, dismissing the question as “stupid.”
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[2026-04-24 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just days after the UAE hinted at a growing dollar shortage in the Gulf nation by requesting swap lines with the Fed, Bloomberg reports that as Iran's struggling neighbors scramble to build cash buffers to deal with any potential economic fallout from the Iran war, one large buyer has stepped in: the world's largest bond manager, Pacific Investment Management Co.
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[2026-04-24 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, far right, listens as his defense attorney, Barry Pollack, center, addresses Judge Alvin Hellerstien (not pictured), as Maduro’s wife Cilia Flores, far left, looks on. Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Manhattan federal court inNew York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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[2026-04-24 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A U.S. Army soldier was arrested on a federal indictment accusing him of using classified information to make bets that won him $400,000 on the Polymarket prediction market related to the American military mission that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-24 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 18-19)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 8-10, 16)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-24 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out striking Iran with a nuclear weapon, after his previous threats to completely destroy Iranian civilization.
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[2026-04-24 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White House with top U.S. officials, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran, noting that he hopes to make the "best" peace deal with the Islamic Republic and does not want to "rush himself".
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[2026-04-24 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-24 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Army troops of South Korea and Canada launched joint high-tech military drills in South Korea for the first time earlier this week, officials said Friday, as part of efforts to bolster bilateral military ties between the two nations.
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[2026-04-24 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: ACSL, which makes the PF2 drone seen here, is one of a few Japanese producers of unmanned aerial vehicles. (ACSL)
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[2026-04-24 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump's initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still on.
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[2026-04-24 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran, stepping back from earlier threats of overwhelming force.
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[2026-04-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher says the country’s ‘sovereign capabilities’ have been eroded. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-04-24 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-24 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan relies more 99% of its medical gloves on imports. © Kyodo
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