Topic: Natural Disasters — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-20 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Homeless squatters allegedly set fire to a house in Central Los Angeles, destroying the family home next door and killing their three sweet pups.
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[2026-03-20 09:09 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Queensland is being battered by incredibly strong winds as Cyclone Narelle makes landfall. Source: AAP / BRIAN CASSEY/AAPIMAGE
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[2026-03-20 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Extreme Weather Events
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[2026-03-20 08:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 08:21 UTC+10:00] [Tropical Cyclone Narelle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Authorities warn of strong winds, heavy rain, flooding and coastal storm surge
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[2026-03-20 08:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Independent MLA Robyn Lambley says the outback town of Alice Springs is in a "catastrophic" position for flood risk and is calling on the NT government to urgently prioritise flood mitigation.
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[2026-03-20 07:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 07:07 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Cyclone Narelle has been downgraded slightly to a category 4 storm. Source: AAP / Brian Cassey
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[2026-03-20 06:45 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
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[2026-03-20 06:41 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tropical cyclone expected to make landfall in far north Queensland within hours. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-03-20 06:20 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-20 06:08 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of Tropical Cyclone Narelle, this Friday March 20.
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[2026-03-20 06:07 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tropical Cyclone Narelle is set to cross the Far North Queensland Coast between 7am and 10am. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)
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[2026-03-20 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Queen Mary has returned to Australia for a royal tour. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)
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[2026-03-20 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents watch and take pictures as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-03-20 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The aggression launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has produced a striking strategic paradox. While the American-Zionist axis relies on brute technological force and indiscriminate fire, it remains blind to the historical and sociopolitical realities of the region.
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[2026-03-20 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A projectile hit a tanker off the coast of the east coast of the United Arab Emirates, causing a fire and leaving the captain missing, officials and maritime monitors said Thursday.
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[2026-03-20 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Madagascar's traditional New Year, Alahamady Be, a pre-colonial custom abandoned for decades, has now been revived with rituals honouring ancestors, sacred fire and purification ceremonies.
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[2026-03-20 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 20, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-03-20 03:25 UTC+10:00] [f-35] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This would be the first time Iran has hit one of the US$100 million planes since the US and Israel launched their attack in February
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[2026-03-20 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New York City police are hunting for two people who allegedly hurled Molotov cocktails through the window of a Staten Island home Wednesday night — but fortunately the explosives failed to start a fire.
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[2026-03-20 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe's sovereign bonds are facing "a perfect storm" after new inflation fears sparked by the Iran conflict forced the region's central banks to signal a new course for interest rates on Thursday, sending yields soaring.
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[2026-03-20 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: There are reports of fire and falling debris in Haifa following a strike by an Iranian missile on an oil refinery, according to Israeli media.
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[2026-03-20 02:35 UTC+10:00] [Housing Bureau Independent Checking Unit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Six ‘human factors’ led to almost complete failure of fire safety measures at Wang Fuk Court, independent committee told at first session
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[2026-03-20 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-20 01:55 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-20 01:09 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ho Wai-ho, 37, was among the first firefighters to arrive at the scene of the inferno
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[2026-03-20 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tropical Cyclone Narelle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ocean temperatures can dictate a cyclone’s intensity – and the waters off far north Queensland have just had their hottest months on record
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[2026-03-19 23:19 UTC+10:00] [Namita Joshi] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Generic slimming drugs are expected to flood a market where one in four adults are currently either overweight or obese
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[2026-03-19 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A pregnant Palestinian woman died on Thursday in the occupied West Bank from shrapnel wounds sustained after an Iranian missile attack, bringing the death toll from the incident to four, the Ramallah-based health ministry said.
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[2026-03-19 22:30 UTC+10:00] [oil shortage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Risk-off mode takes hold as attacks bring crisis to ‘a more dangerous level for the global economy’, analyst says
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[2026-03-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fire damage and plumbing issues on the USS Gerald R. Ford suggest an overstretched military and ‘hollowed out’ industrial base, analysts say
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[2026-03-19 20:29 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-19 19:44 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-19 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Northern Iowa Panthers (23-12, 15-9 MVC) vs. St. John’s Red Storm (28-6, 21-2 Big East)
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[2026-03-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Benji Marshall has dismissed the possibility of unsettled Bulldogs centre Bronson Xerri joining the Wests Tigers, and voiced his disappointment his side had become embroiled in the centre’s stand-off with Canterbury.
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[2026-03-19 19:28 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-19 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A fire erupted at a second refinery owned by Kuwait's national oil company after a drone attack, the information ministry said.
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[2026-03-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former administrator Gary McIntyre, the central figure in the club’s salary cap scandal, has blasted an attempt by the Bulldogs to increase their presence on the rich Canterbury League Club board.
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[2026-03-19 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The storm brought heavy rain and winds reaching up to 90 km/h, toppling walls, signboards and trees across Pakistan’s largest city. In the Baldia Town area, including Mawachh Goth, rescuers recovered 13 bodies from a collapsed building, while emergency teams continued operations on 19 March to search for more victims.
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[2026-03-19 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said one of the operational units at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery was hit on Thursday by a drone, resulting in a limited fire, state news agency KUNA reported.
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[2026-03-19 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced Thursday that it would file a complaint-affidavit before the Office of the Ombudsman against 45 current and former officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) over allegedly rigged firetruck procurements spanning 2018 to 2024.
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[2026-03-19 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Wang Fuk Court housing complex fires tore through seven buildings and killed 168 people. (AP: Chan Long Hei)
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[2026-03-19 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Disaster Relief
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[2026-03-19 18:16 UTC+10:00] [Tropical Cyclone Narelle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents of Coen and surrounding towns in far north Queensland spent Thursday sandbagging, stockpiling food and preparing for power outages ahead of possible category 5 storm
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[2026-03-19 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Palestinians, including a teenager, were killed and 13 others injured on Wednesday night when missile fragments struck a hair salon near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-03-19 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Tropical Cyclone Narelle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Storm forecast to make landfall in far north Qld on Friday morning. Track its path here as the cyclone approaches Australia’s north coast
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[2026-03-19 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Who's excited about the US and Israeli war on Iran? As the Middle East is on fire, from Tehran to Manama, the Israeli weapons industry is licking its lips at the prospect of future sales to the Gulf states, many of which have recently taken direct hits from Iranian missiles and drones.
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