Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-29 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Federal investigators probe crash of two helicopters over Hammonton Municipal Airport in New Jersey
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[2025-12-29 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) senior member and former MP Lakshman Kiriella said there is delay on the Government’s part in implementing relief measures and other commitments made to the public following Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-29 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The affected small and medium scale entrepreneurs are requesting the government to extend the period given to industrialists and entrepreneurs affected by Cyclone Ditwah to register by one month.
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[2025-12-29 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: According to the lead news item in our sister newspaper the Sunday Observer yesterday, the Health Ministry assures that essential medicines and medical products will be available without interruption in Government hospitals from 2026, following new procurement orders placed by the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) under strengthened regulatory protocols.
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[2025-12-29 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A British government crackdown on student visa abuse is reshaping global education pathways, leaving some aspiring students from Pakistan and Bangladesh locked out of universities in the United Kingdom.
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[2025-12-29 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: According to the Agriculture Department, the Government has provided over Rs. 381 million as special compensation to farmers whose maize, vegetable and other food crops were damaged by Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-29 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime minister faces criticism from Jewish groups and Britain’s opposition over Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s return to the UK
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[2025-12-29 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: इस्लामी कट्ट्ररपंथी पार्टी जमात-ए-इस्लामी बांग्लादेश में अगले साल होने वाले चुनावों के बाद बनने वाली सरकार में हिस्सेदार बनना चाहती है. अगस्त 2024 में छात्रों के आंदोलन के बाद प्रधानमंत्री शेख हसीना को सत्ता से बाहर किए जाने के बाद यह देश में पहले आम चुनाव होंगे. हसीना के 15 साल के एकछत्र राज में इस्लामी कट्टरपंथियों की बहुत नकेल कसी गई.
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[2025-12-29 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The body of the late Kalasuri Latha Walpola will lie at “The Restpect” Funeral Parlor in Borella from 4 p.m. today (28) until Tuesday (30).
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[2025-12-29 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2025-12-29 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Secretary to the President has issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification today (28), announcing a further extension of the prevailing state of emergency.
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[2025-12-28 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former boss Freely Cheng says Olympian will continue to promote racing tourism in her new role with the club
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[2025-12-28 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Qi Bin expected to be appointed deputy director of economic committee under Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
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[2025-12-28 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Le scrutin présidentiel s’est déroulé dans un climat globalement apaisé, même si de nombreux manquements et irrégularités ont été signalés à travers le pays. Le dépouillement a commencé immédiatement après la fermeture des bureaux de vote.
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[2025-12-28 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PM Anutin seeks re-election in a three-way race against People’s Party and Thaksin’s Pheu Thai amid constitutional referendum in February poll
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[2025-12-28 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: सैन्य शासित म्यांमार में बीते पाच साल में ये पहले आम चुनाव हैं. रविवार को मतदान केंद्रों के बाहर मतदाताओं की लंबी कतारें देखी गईं. बेहद कड़े नियमों के तहत देश की सैन्य सरकार इन चुनावों को करा रही है और वह इन्हें देश में मेलमिलाप और लोकतंत्र की वापसी का रास्ता बताती है.
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[2025-12-28 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Asked if she plans to run for position, Lee says her roles as a delegate to China’s top legislative body and at Legco do not conflict
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[2025-12-28 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his State of the Nation Address in July, standing behind him were then-Senate president Chiz Escudero and then-House speaker Martin Romualdez.
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[2025-12-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Deepening political feuds, ex-president Duterte’s ICC arrest and the South China Sea dispute have reshaped the Philippine landscape
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[2025-12-28 17:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, along with the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, announced that the final rites of the late Sri Lankan lyricist Kalasuri Latha Walpola will be held at Independence Square in Colombo on 31 December, with full state patronage.
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[2025-12-28 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The request comes after the opposition chief and party secretary general’s conviction for lying to a parliamentary panel
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[2025-12-28 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the country mourns the loss of Queen Mother Sirikit amid political chaos and a sluggish economy, Lisa’s global reign lights up Thai public
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[2025-12-28 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government Printing Department has released Sri Lanka’s official public holiday calendar for 2026, confirming a total of 26 public holidays for the year.
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[2025-12-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dark chapter’s telling complicated by Tokyo’s official denials, Washington’s immunity deals and Beijing’s shifting diplomatic priorities
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[2025-12-28 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Self-proclaimed prophet of Ghana, Ebo Enoch, has announced that the rapture has been postponed.
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[2025-12-28 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Procedural blockade for eight-year military spending package has also stalled 2026 general budget review, piling up pressure on ruling DPP
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[2025-12-28 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Several spells of showers are expected in the Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Uva and Central provinces, as well as in the Hambantota district.
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[2025-12-28 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The multiphase election, which the junta insists is ‘free and fair’, comes nearly four years after it took power in a coup
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[2025-12-28 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: 15 others were being treated for injuries at local hospitals after the bus veered off a road and fell into a deep ravine, authorities said
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[2025-12-28 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two men reportedly volunteered to fight for Ukraine in war, but died in Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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[2025-12-28 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Guards try to block anti-corruption officials from entering parliament offices as part of their investigation into MPs taking bribes
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[2025-12-28 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sole delegate to National People’s Congress Starry Lee expects the city’s role in finance, trade, and innovation to be discussed in 15th five-year plan
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[2025-12-28 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Case involved a common but illegal practice in which developers collude with indigenous villagers to abuse the city’s ‘small-house’ policy
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[2025-12-28 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: La République centrafricaine se dirige vers une quadruple élection à enjeux élevés le 28 décembre 2025. Le scrutin se déroule non seulement dans un contexte de reprise économique fragile, mais aussi dans un paysage géopolitique de plus en plus complexe.
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[2025-12-28 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Um dia após a tentativa de fuga de Silvinei Vasques, ex-diretor da Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF), a Polícia Federal (PF) cumpre neste sábado (27/12) dez mandados de prisão domiciliar, com uso de tornozeleira eletrônica, contra outros dez condenados pela trama golpista, por determinação do ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) Alexandre de Moraes.
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[2025-12-28 00:21 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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[2025-12-27 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Decades-old legislation overhauled to plug gaps in the safety of uncrewed civilian aircraft
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[2025-12-27 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A months-long effort to restore Munich's famous "Eisbach" wave is being disbanded, the Surf Club Munich has announced. The group cited excessive red tape and a lack of enthusiasm for the project from the city government.
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[2025-12-27 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Historian and political scientist Herfried Münkler recently summed up what he sees as the core foreign policy problem for Germany's government: "The liberal idealism of a rules-based international order has turned out to be an illusion."
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[2025-12-27 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country hosts the region’s biggest event, sees a new twist in the 1MDB scandal and is at a critical political juncture
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[2025-12-27 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Andrew Leung ‘confident new lawmakers can draw on their professional expertise … to fully support government in driving reform’
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[2025-12-27 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the new requirements for native-speaking English teachers, the need to prioritise safety and well-being in building renovation, and the commercialisation of Christmas gift-giving
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[2025-12-27 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Local politics, tariff concerns, a horrific child abuse case and noise disputes dominate the headlines this year
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[2025-12-27 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A few showers may occur in Northern, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa, Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
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[2025-12-27 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2025-12-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top intelligence agency raises alarm over fake videos, audio and images aimed at undermining social stability and national security
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[2025-12-27 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The junta’s phased election starting on Sunday has been slammed as a ploy for its generals to stay in power
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[2025-12-27 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Due to the ‘very high level’ of ‘terrorist threat’, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez asked officials to strengthen security across France
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[2025-12-27 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Nuwara Eliya Mayor Upali Wanigasekara invited tourists to visit the city for the upcoming New Year season.
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[2025-12-27 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Thousands of people gathered at Galle Face Green on Christmas day to celebrate Christmas, as a carnival organized at the premises attracted families, tourists, and large crowds throughout the day. While the festive atmosphere was welcomed by the public, a serious issue regarding inadequate sanitary facilities caused significant inconvenience, particularly to women and children.
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