Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-19 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strike radius of Chinese drone programme capable of carrying deadly military weapons doubled to reach Washington, New York and Miami
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[2025-12-19 22:27 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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[2025-12-19 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The comments increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s regime, but Trump wouldn’t say if ousting the Venezuelan leader was his ultimate goal
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[2025-12-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CMC Equipment Development Department releases new rules amid push for quality equipment and ‘professional ethics’
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[2025-12-19 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Release of defence ministry report comes amid soaring tensions with Beijing and a boost to Japan’s military budget and goals
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[2025-12-19 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Bio je to neobičan, pomalo nekoherentan nastup na društvenim mrežama, ali prilično tipičan za Andrija Babiša. Novi češki premijer sjedi za stolom s adventskim vijencem. Nosi majicu s natpisom "Ne ratu" („No war") u ukrajinskim nacionalnim bojama, plavoj i žutoj.
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[2025-12-19 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-19 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Es war ein dringlicher Appell der Nürnberger Polizei: Wir möchten "noch einmal explizit darauf hinweisen, dass es verboten ist, Drohnen über dem Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt fliegen zu lassen", mahnte die Behörde am 1. Dezember. Zuvor war über dem beliebten Weihnachtsmarkt in der Nürnberger Innenstadt überraschend eine Drohne aufgetaucht - trotz des strikten Flugverbots.
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[2025-12-19 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Russian embassy in Cambodia says the false assertions could jeopardise Moscow-Bangkok ties and its citizens’ safety in Thailand
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[2025-12-19 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The junta has been emboldened to strike as China, Russia and the US are looking the other way to serve their own interests, analysts say
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[2025-12-19 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Законопроект об оборонном бюджете США на 2026 финансовый год, предусматривающий военные расходы на рекордную сумму в 901 млрд долларов (около 770 млрд евро), был принят Конгрессом. На голосовании в Сенате в среду, 17 декабря, в поддержку Закона о национальной обороне (National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA) проголосовали 77 законодателей верхней палаты Конгресса, против - 20.
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[2025-12-19 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Key provisions target contracts with Chinese biotech companies and outbound investment in technologies with military applications in China
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[2025-12-19 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s battery makers raise prices amid lithium rebound and global AI energy demand
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[2025-12-19 09:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The United States on Wednesday announced an arms sales package worth $11.1 billion (€9.45 billion) for Taiwan, making it the largest ever US weapons package for the island.
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[2025-12-19 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Weapons package underpins Taipei’s move towards an asymmetric ‘porcupine’ strategy as Washington presses allies to do more
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[2025-12-19 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russian state media says it would take the weapon only 17 minutes to reach Nato headquarters in Brussels
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[2025-12-19 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Army has deployed over 2,500 troops for the restoration of the pathway to Sri Pada, as the primary access road to Sri Pada through Hatton became unsafe due to the landslide near the Maha Giri Damba area. Picture shows the troops at work.
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[2025-12-19 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Deutschland war geschockt: Von "Horror am hellichten Tag" sprach die damalige Bundesinnenministerin Nancy Faeser. Am 3. März, an dem fröhlich im ganzen Land zum Karnevalshöhepunkt der Rosenmontag gefeiert wurde, raste ein Autofahrer in Mannheim durch die Fußgängerzone am Paradeplatz. Er steuerte seinen schwarzen Kleinwagen in eine Menschenmenge und riss zwei Passanten in den Tod.
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[2025-12-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government’s response came after a senior security official suggested that Tokyo needed nuclear arms to deter potential aggressors
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[2025-12-19 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "Das war ein ziemlich denkwürdiges Ereignis in meinem Leben", sagt der Linguist Paul Frommer, als er sich an seine erste Begegnung mit James Cameron erinnert. Der renommierte Regisseur suchte jemanden, der eine konstruierte Sprache für einen Science-Fiction-Film entwickeln sollte, und hatte eine E-Mail an die Sprachwissenschaftliche Fakultät der University of Southern California geschickt.
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[2025-12-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-19 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "Heute sind wir dort erfolgreich gewesen, wo so viele andere gescheitert sind", erklärte US-Präsident Donald Trump jubelnd, als die Präsidenten von Ruanda und der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (DR Kongo) Anfang dieses Monats in Washington ein Friedensabkommen unterzeichneten. Nach Zählung des Weißen Hauses war dies der achte Krieg, den der US-Präsident im Alleingang beendet hat.
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[2025-12-19 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US government admits ‘breach of care’ as DOJ cites Army and FAA errors in January crash that killed 67 near Ronald Reagan airport in Washington
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[2025-12-19 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US State Department approves massive deal that includes billions in Himars and howitzer equipment, drones and software
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[2025-12-19 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From EU-China trade ties to Laos securing approval to export durians, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
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[2025-12-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dozens convicted of illegally shipping 166 tonnes of the strategic material, marking a major enforcement of Beijing’s export controls
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[2025-12-18 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Selten war er leise. Über fünf Jahrzehnte lang hat er das deutsche Kino aufgemischt, über 100 Filme gedreht und die queere Bewegung geprägt - unbequem, bunt, wütend, manchmal verletzend, immer wach. Rosa von Praunheim hinterlässt ein Werk, das bleibt.
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[2025-12-18 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diplomatic war of words continues with PLA Daily articles targeting Tokyo’s defence and intelligence plans
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[2025-12-18 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.
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[2025-12-18 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States on Wednesday approved $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever U.S. weapons package for the island which is under increasing military pressure from China.
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[2025-12-18 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Bio je to neobičan, pomalo nekoherentan nastup na društvenim mrežama, ali prilično tipičan za Andrija Babiša. Novi češki premijer sjedi za stolom s adventskim vijencem. Nosi majicu s natpisom "Ne ratu" („No war") u ukrajinskim nacionalnim bojama, plavoj i žutoj.
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[2025-12-18 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2025-12-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Notice urges public to come forward with information about ‘irregular’ activities, the first such request for a specific military branch
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[2025-12-18 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Security Adviser Ano denied the alleged gunmen who killed 15 people in Sydney received military training in Davao
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[2025-12-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PLA has been moving fast to modernise its arsenal and warfare strategy, but it’s seen as ‘seriously deficient’ in some areas
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[2025-12-18 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "Today we have succeeded where so many others have failed," US President Donald Trump declared jubilantly as the presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a peace agreement earlier this month which, according to White House calculations, marked the eighth war ended singlehandedly by the US leader.
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[2025-12-18 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has issued a decree classifying fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction" — a radical political term for a substance that has been silently killing people in large numbers for decades. "No bomb does what this is doing," Trump announced. He claimed that at least 200,000 to 300,000 people a year were dying as a result of using fentanyl.
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[2025-12-18 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was ordering a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving from Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure against leader Nicolas Maduro’s regime and suggesting an economic motive to the US’ military campaign in the region.
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[2025-12-18 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recovered a pistol manufactured in a foreign country, two magazines for T-56 weapons, and 267 rounds of T-56 live ammunition based on information extracted from the detained organized criminal ‘Kehelbaddara Padme’.
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[2025-12-18 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: During a search operation in the Pudumathalan area of Mullaitivu on December 17, 2025, the navy seized a cab (01), taking hold of over 140kg of foreign-origin cannabis made ready for transportation.
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[2025-12-18 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Army Engineers have restored essential connectivity following the complete collapse of the Nayaru main bridge in Mullaitivu, which was severely damaged by intense flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah recently.
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[2025-12-18 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a sustained effort to safeguard marine resources and uphold fisheries regulations, the Sri Lanka Navy conducted a series of operations from 06 to 15 December 06-15, across multiple Naval Commands.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Deputy Defence Minister, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), inaugurated the renovated Children’s park and Sensory Garden at the ‘Senehasa Education, Resource, Research and Information Centre’ (SERRIC) today (December 17).
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[2025-12-18 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: On the weekend, the Israeli military issued a warning that has become familiar to civilians living in southern Lebanon.
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[2025-12-18 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Der bekannte belarussische Menschenrechtsaktivist Ales Bjaljazki, Gründer des Menschenrechtszentrums Wjasna und Friedensnobelpreisträger von 2022, saß bis zum vergangenen Wochenende in einem belarussischen Gefängnis. Dort verbüßte er eine zehnjährige Haftstrafe, die ihm im März 2023 von einem Minsker Gericht auferlegt worden war. Es befand Bjaljazki des "Schmuggels" und "wiederholter Verstöße gegen die Vorschriften zur Organisation und Durchführung von Massenveranstaltungen" für schuldig.
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[2025-12-18 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A US$102 million jewel heist exposed the Louvre’s security flaws, but strikes and decaying infrastructure threaten the world’s most visited museum
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[2025-12-18 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To dość osobliwa, nie do końca spójna prezentacja w mediach społecznościowych, ale typowa dla Andreja Babisza. Nowy premier Republiki Czeskiej siedzi przy stole z wieńcem adwentowym. Ma na sobie koszulkę z napisem „No War” w ukraińskich barwach narodowych – niebieskim i żółtym.
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[2025-12-18 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-18 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From the newcomers in charge of PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command to retailers’ retreat from China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
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[2025-12-17 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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