Topic: Natural Disasters — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-16 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Grab your Uggs/Crocs, fire up MomTok, and get your dirty soda bars ready! The Bachelorette Season 22 is almost here, and to celebrate the March 22 premiere, Bachelorette leads past officially inducted Taylor Frankie Paul into the franchise family.
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[2026-03-16 13:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A video showing two delivery riders and a passerby rushing to put out a suspected arson fire near Bojeong Station in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, has gone viral online, expressing praise for their quick response in stopping the flames from spreading.
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[2026-03-16 13:13 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Dramatic new aerial images of Bundaberg captured before and during the peak of last week's floods reveal the extent of the devastation in the Queensland city.The Burnett River peaked at a major flood level of 7.4 metres on Wednesday, March 11, sending water surging down streets and into more than 350 homes and businesses, including the Mitre 10 store.Boats became the only mode of transport around some of the city and white goods and a lawnmower catcher were seen floating
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[2026-03-16 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Video circulating online showed a fire burning near Dubai International Airport after what authorities described as a “drone incident".
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[2026-03-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [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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[2026-03-16 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Lia Finocchiaro has travelled to Canberra to request federal support for the Northern Territory's flood crisis. (ABC News: Dane Hirst)
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[2026-03-16 11:48 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: In the remote Western Australian town of Dardanup, accountant Natasha Earle and her family are feeling the financial pain of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Their "once-in-a-lifetime" five-week trip to Europe — booked last May on Emirates and taking them to London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Rome — has been upended by the conflict, and is costing roughly A$10,000 ($7,000) more as they reroute to avoid disruptions from drone and missile fire in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-16 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: When Two People Exchanging Saliva director Alexandre Singh took the stage to accept his Oscar for Best Live Action Short at the 2026 Oscars, he couldn’t resist throwing some shade at Best Actor nominee Timothée Chalamet, who came under fire last week for claiming that “no one cares about” art forms like ballet and opera.
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[2026-03-16 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Dubai Media Office on Monday said that it responded to a fire following a “drone incident” near Dubai International Airport, which affected one of the fuel tanks.
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[2026-03-16 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Meet the Big East champion St. John’s Red Storm, who enter March Madness as the No. 5 seed in the East.
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[2026-03-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Lightning struck the Bureau of Meteorology radar for Wyndham on Christmas Day, sparking a fire and causing "considerable damage". (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)
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[2026-03-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The number of wildfires in South Korea rose in February, raising alarms among authorities and experts. According to the National Fire Data System, 134 wildfires were recorded by February, a roughly 30 percent increase from the 103 incidents reported during the same period last year.
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[2026-03-16 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Far North Queensland communities continue to endure severe heavy rainfall after weeks of wet conditions.
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[2026-03-16 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A monstrous blizzard bomb cyclone is rapidly intensifying and will unleash extreme feet of snow and vicious wind gusts throughout the Midwest and Great Lakes as winter isn’t over just yet.
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[2026-03-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 16, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-16 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UN peacekeepers say their patrols came under fire three times on Sunday in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-16 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A trifecta of uncertainty — from the Iran war to AI disruption to private credit — is crushing financial stocks this year. While shares of Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo have been caught up in the downdraft, their businesses should be largely insulated from these headwinds. Nevertheless, Club stocks Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo have been painted with the same brush as the financial sector at large.
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[2026-03-16 04:08 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Afghan government reports zero casualties and accuses neighbouring country of wanting to ‘fuel the fire of war’
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[2026-03-16 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Malcolm and Lincoln firefighters respond to a wildfire in Denton, Neb., on Thursday, March 12, 2026. (Kenneth Ferriera/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
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[2026-03-16 02:11 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenTampa, Florida, USThe Hillsborough River is coloured a shade of green for St Patrick’s Day during the 14th annual River O’Green Fest at the Curtis Hixon Waterfront ParkPhotograph: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenGaza CityDisplaced Palestinians take shelter during a sand storm at a tent campPhotograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenBali, IndonesiaHindu girls stand on the shoreline before a spring purification ceremony at Masceti BeachPhotograph: Muhammad Fauzy/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenLos Angeles, USWorkers install
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[2026-03-16 01:36 UTC+10:00] [war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pope did not cite the US or Israel by name but did mention the strike on a school in Iran that killed over 165 people
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[2026-03-16 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Sunday said investigations into alleged multibillion-peso flood control corruption will continue even after the conclusion of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI).
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[2026-03-15 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Firefighters put out the fire in a residential neighborhood following a Russian missile and drone attack, in Brovary, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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[2026-03-15 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil loading operations in the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates have resumed following a drone strike and fire, according to media reports on Sunday.
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[2026-03-15 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said.
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[2026-03-15 18:48 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A vape that caught fire aboard a Virgin Australia aircraft forced the crew to declare an emergency before landing at Melbourne Airport on Sunday afternoon.
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[2026-03-15 18:15 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-15 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets delivered a heavyweight fight worthy of the national spotlight Saturday night, a 127–125 overtime thriller that swung wildly like a pendulum in a storm. The Lakers led by 17. The Nuggets clawed back and briefly seized a seven-point advantage late. Then chaos took over.
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[2026-03-15 14:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CHICAGO (AP) — Tai Baribo scored on a penalty kick in the fifth of 18 minutes of second-half stoppage time to rally D.C. United to a 2-1 victory over Chicago on Saturday night after Hugo Cuypers drilled a late PK to give the Fire a brief lead.
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[2026-03-15 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Conservation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: We’ve all seen the videos: singed koalas caught in a fire zone, thirstily drinking from a water bottle. Amid a bleak news cycle, videos such as these offer a moment of sweet respite.
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[2026-03-15 13:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Japanese tourist remained unconscious Sunday after a Saturday evening fire at a capsule hotel in central Seoul injured several foreign nationals.
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[2026-03-15 13:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As the tide crept in and a massive storm threatened Ocean Grove, scientists battled the elements in a desperate bid to extract a massive 23-million-year-old whale fossil.
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[2026-03-15 12:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center right, and his daughter, center left, attend a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems, at an undisclosed place in North Korea Saturday, March 14, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.
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[2026-03-15 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Kenyon Giles had 27 points in Wichita State’s 81-68 win against Tulsa on Saturday in the American Athletic Conference Tournament and clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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[2026-03-15 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s once again time for a BOATS (Based On A True Story) movie with actual boats in it, namely, Not Without Hope (now streaming on Paramount+). Joe Carnahan (The Rip) directs this gritty thriller adapting Nick Schuyler’s memoir, which details how he survived a boating mishap that took the lives of three of his friends.
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[2026-03-15 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A microinsurance program launched by the Palawan Group of Companies is highlighting the need for both fire prevention and financial protection as fire incidents continue to threaten homes in Metro Manila.
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[2026-03-15 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has been pursuing a new war tactic in targeting checkpoints set up in the Iranian capital by the paramilitary Basij force as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the United States launch more attacks.
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[2026-03-15 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-15 01:52 UTC+10:00] [Washington] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Videos on social media show a large fire and people throwing rocks through the windows of a building
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[2026-03-15 01:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Coast Guard personnel were searching for two crewmembers Saturday after a fishing boat carrying them caught fire off the southern island of Jeju and sank, leaving them missing.
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[2026-03-15 01:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Three people sustained serious injuries in a fire that broke out at a seven-story building in central Seoul on Saturday, while seven others suffered minor injuries, mostly foreigners.
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[2026-03-15 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Winter isn’t ready to give up just yet.
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[2026-03-14 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A fire erupted near a major crude oil export terminal in the United Arab Emirates after the country blocked a drone strike.
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[2026-03-14 23:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A fire at a guest house popular with foreign travelers in central Seoul on Saturday evening injured 10 people, Seoul fire officials said.
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[2026-03-14 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Some oil-loading operations have been suspended in Fujairah, a city in the United Arab Emirates and a key bunkering hub, after a fire broke out there, Reuters reported on Saturday quoting industry and trade sources.
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[2026-03-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hongkongers displaced by Tai Po fire say they are frustrated with outreach officers’ failure to answer questions and explain rehousing options
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[2026-03-14 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Firefighters put out the fire at a residential neighbourhood following a Russia missile and drone attack, in Brovary, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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[2026-03-14 19:46 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-14 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: UConn Huskies (29-4, 19-3 Big East) vs. St. John’s Red Storm (27-6, 20-2 Big East)
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[2026-03-14 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tulsa Golden Hurricane (26-6, 14-5 AAC) vs. Wichita State Shockers (21-10, 13-5 AAC)
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