Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-24 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sought to assuage fears following a government raid that killed one of the country’s most-wanted drug trafficking leaders, prompting a series of violent outbursts by cartels across the country.
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[2026-02-24 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner gives a news conference marking the 250th birthday of the U.S. in 2026, in Paris, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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[2026-02-24 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-02-24 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: According to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) for 2025, Pakistan was the hardest hit by terrorism in South Asia and the second biggest victim of this scourge in the world.The Global Terrorism Index 2025 published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, ranks countries by a composite score incorporating terrorist incidents, fatalities, injuries, and hostages taken.
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[2026-02-24 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The United States has assembled the largest force of aircraft and warships in the Middle East since America launched its 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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[2026-02-24 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Deputy Minister of Tourism Prof. Ruwan Ranasinghe stated that a joint programme will be implemented to promote domestic and international tourism in the Sabaragamuwa Province.
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[2026-02-24 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India clears procurement of 114 Rafale jets in Rs 3.6 lakh cr military modernisation push India and France will co-produce Rafale fighter jets as well as helicopters, French President Emmanuel Macron said, news agency Reuters reported. New Delhi had last week already cleared a long-pending proposal to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets under a Government-to-Government framework with France.
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[2026-02-24 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United National Party (UNP) will move forward with new faces and a new look by the end of this year, with the participation of young people, UNP Deputy General Secretary Harin Fernando said yesterday.
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[2026-02-24 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Our world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Unilateralism and protectionism are currently on the rise, yet the broader trend of economic globalisation remains irreversible. Countriesare now more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. We are increasingly becoming a community with a shared future.
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[2026-02-24 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, leaves with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico after a joint news conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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[2026-02-24 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness,
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[2026-02-24 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ex-Servicemen’s Institute is modest four-storey building in the heart of Fort. With the YMCA and the old Delft Gateway for neighbours, the Institute is situated in Sir Razeek Fareed Mawatha. Bus commuters are familiar with this section of Fort; “Telecom Bus Stop” is the common nomenclature.
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[2026-02-24 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, contradicted decades of US policy by claiming that Area C of the occupied West Bank is part of Israel, in an interview with US podcaster Tucker Carlson aired on Friday.
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[2026-02-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The government of Sri Lanka recognizes contributions in energy efficiency improvement through Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards.
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[2026-02-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Land Commissioner General’s Department has received 76,000 applications to obtain land ownership under the National Programme for Granting Freehold Land Deeds.
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[2026-02-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Customs Trade Unions have threatened to launch trade union action if the Government does not respond to several demands, including the promotion of customs officers, which have been delayed for six years. A statement from the unions said if solutions to their problems are not provided they will start trade union action to win their demands.
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[2026-02-24 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TORONTO (AP) — Al presidente Donald Trump “se le cierra el cerco” luego que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos anuló muchos de los aranceles del mandatario estadounidense, afirmó el lunes el primer ministro de Ontario, Doug Ford.
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[2026-02-24 06:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The whistleblower former chief of a major south-east Queensland council believes “irregularities” in the recent hiring of a $500,000 bayside local government’s top job should be addressed in a full redo.
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[2026-02-24 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks with the news media, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)
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[2026-02-24 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The federal government has committed $1.4 billion over seven years to fund 137 bulk-billed clinics. (ABC News: Cason Ho)
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[2026-02-24 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-02-24 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — It's been 90 years since a British royal was removed from the line of succession. That might happen again now that Britain's government says it will consider introducing legal changes to formally remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the list of royals in line to the throne.
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[2026-02-24 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When Israeli NBA player Deni Avdija delivered a standout performance at the All-Star Game, the night should have belonged to basketball. Instead, it became a cultural flashpoint.
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[2026-02-24 05:03 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Viktor Orbán’s government blocks fresh economic measures against Russia on eve of war’s fourth anniversary
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[2026-02-24 05:01 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Patients say they are being forced to pay hundreds of dollars for follow-up care after accepting a Queensland government program designed to ease pressure on public waitlists.
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[2026-02-24 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday that Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and prisons there were shut in recent weeks.
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[2026-02-24 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Only children with the most complex special educational needs will be eligible for education, health and care plans (EHCPs) from 2035 in England, the government has said.
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[2026-02-24 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wesley Fofana de Chelsea durante un entrenamiento en Cobham, Inglaterra, el 27 de enero de 2026. (Andrew Matthews/PA vía AP)
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[2026-02-24 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Canada Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand speaks at a news conference regarding the security situation in Mexico, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-02-24 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A fresh wave of anti-government protests staged by students at several Iranian universities that began on Saturday has spread to more campuses, footage confirmed by BBC Verify and BBC Persian shows.
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[2026-02-24 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Korrespondente e DW dhe kolumniste për revistën Foreign Policy
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[2026-02-24 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Premier of Ontario Doug Ford speaks to reporters, accompanied by other Council of the Federation members, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)
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[2026-02-24 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Members of the Colombian guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN), from left, Aureliano Carbonel, Pablo Beltran and Antonio Garcia sit with Ivan Danilo Rueda, High Commissioner for Peace on behalf of the Colombian government, second from right, and government representative Ivan Cepeda, during a signing ceremony agreeing to resume peace talks, at the Casa Cultural Aquiles Nazoa in Caracas, Venezuela, Oct.
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[2026-02-24 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: EU lawmakers decided Monday to delay the approval of the bloc's trade deal with the US due to uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariff policy.
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[2026-02-24 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: (UPDATE) SEVEN lawmakers on Monday filed resolutions urging the Philippine government to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-02-24 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday launched a program aimed at strengthening local government units (LGUs) so that they can more effectively bring government aid and services to their constituents.
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[2026-02-24 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PUBLIC Works Secretary Vince Dizon gave assurances on Monday that appointments and promotions in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will be based on performance, not on political patronage.
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[2026-02-24 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A NEWLY paved road, a freshly built health center, a distributed relief pack. These are signs of a government at work, symbols of progress and service paid for by the people’s taxes. Yet, in the Philippines, these projects almost universally come with an unofficial, yet mandatory, accessory: the giant tarpaulin or concrete plaque bearing the beaming face and name of the local official who “made it possible.”
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[2026-02-24 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — The provincial government of Guimaras and its five component towns have formally opposed the proposed fare increase sought by fiber boat operators serving the Guimaras-Iloilo route.
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[2026-02-24 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI — Indian government officials have said the surrender of a senior Maoist guerrilla commander heralds the “final phase” to end the decades-long Maoist insurgency.
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[2026-02-24 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An entrance to the Balboa terminal, run by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Co., is closed after Panama’s government ordered the occupation of the port following a Supreme Court ruling that the concession was unconstitutional in Panama City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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[2026-02-24 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Quezon City government said on Monday that the Sangguniang Panglunsod (city council) is set to enact an ordinance on digital awareness and healthy screen time for children and teens.
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[2026-02-24 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STATE-OWNED Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur have signed a P3.5 billion term loan facility to fund priority development projects and accelerate economic growth in the largest province in Bicol region, a top official said.
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[2026-02-24 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — As this city prepares to host senior economic officials from Southeast Asia, the local government has ordered the suspension of face-to-face classes from Feb. 25 to 27 to ensure a smooth staging of the high-level Asean meeting.
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[2026-02-24 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINCE 1992, Philippine presidential elections have operated within a structural constant: fragmentation. Ballots have routinely featured five to 11 official candidates. Winners have often prevailed not with majorities, but with disciplined pluralities.
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[2026-02-24 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RECENTLY, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court rendered a decision against the owner of Mang Larry’s Isawan located in the campus of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. The known local entrepreneur filed a case against UP over a claim of ownership of land within the UP campus which the former allegedly bought from a previous owner in 2019.
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[2026-02-24 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Catholic church, government, and private sector on Monday joined forces to strengthen infrastructure governance, enhance transparency and accountability, and reinforce public confidence in infrastructure through people’s participation. The partnership includes Caritas Philippines, the Department of Public Works and Highways, Mayors for Good Governance, and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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[2026-02-24 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Reform UK has announced it would create an ICE-style agency to oversee the deportation of illegal migrants if it were in government.
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[2026-02-24 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While much digital ink has been spilled on the Supreme Court's striking down of Trump's IEEPA tariffs and the consequences of this decision (see "Full Analysis Of The Supreme Court IEEPA Decision: How It Impacts The Economy, Policy And Markets"), a lot more is on deck for this week when we will also have more geopolitical headlines to contend with, as the latest round of US-Iran talks is expected in Geneva on Thursday.
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[2026-02-24 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) needs to work on his pandering skills - after telling a crowd of black people that he's just like them because he can't read and got a low SAT score.
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