Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday (15) approved the allocation of Rs. 150 million from the ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ Project to the Judicial Service Commission to support the implementation of the e-Court Project, as part of the Government’s efforts to digitalise the judicial system, Health and Mass Media Minister Dr.
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[2025-12-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Health and Mass Media Minister Dr.Nalinda Jayatissa said that more than 50% of the Rs.25,000 relief allowance allocated for those affected by recent floods and landslides has already been disbursed. He added that the Government expects to complete the distribution of the Rs.25,000 allowances within the coming week, while the process of providing the Rs.50,000 compensations have also commenced.
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[2025-12-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An elephant in the Seeppukulama area of Mihintale has died after allegedly being subjected to inhumane torture yesterday (16).
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[2025-12-17 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Europe pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector in a major green policy retreat
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[2025-12-17 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Petteri Orpo weighs in as Finnish politicians mimic a racist gesture in solidarity with stripped beauty queen
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[2025-12-17 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: नितिन नवीन को तत्काल प्रभाव से पार्टी का वर्किंग प्रेसिडेंट नियुक्त किया गया है. बीजेपी की कमान संभालने वाले वे पहले बिहारी नेता हैं. यह सामान्य बात नहीं, बल्कि पार्टी के भीतर भरोसे, संगठनात्मक परिवर्तन और आने वाले चुनावों की रणनीति का संकेत है. नितिन की नियुक्ति यह भी संदेश दे रही कि पार्टी में जेनरेशन नेक्स्ट का समय शुरू हो चुका है.
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[2025-12-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Election of Jose Antonio Kast in Latin American country adds to Donald Trump’s vocal allies but analysts expect China ties to stay stable
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[2025-12-17 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: High Court jails former civil servant for laundering millions and taking bribe to help friend’s engineering firms win government tenders
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[2025-12-17 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Pod naciskiem USA Alaksandr Łukaszenka zwolnił 123 białoruskich więźniów politycznych. Wśród nich są laureat Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla Alaś Bialacki, były kandydat na prezydenta Białorusi Wiktar Babaryka oraz członkini jego sztabu Maryja Kalesnikawa. Jak poinformował w niedzielę wieczorem (14.12.2025) niemiecki minister spraw wewnętrznych Alexander Dobrindt, Kalesnikawa i Babaryka oczekiwani są w Niemczech.
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[2025-12-16 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The changes come after months of pressure on his government, sparked by several key resignations and rising inflation
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[2025-12-16 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Treasury chief Christopher Hui said the government plans to begin CDTA negotiations with Slovenia and Oman early next year
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[2025-12-16 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Os dois suspeitos do ataque terrorista a uma festa judaica na praia australiana de Bondi, em Sydney, teriam se inspirado na organização islamista "Estado Islâmico2 (EI), afirmou nesta terça-feira (16/12) a comissária da Polícia Federal da Austrália, Krissy Barrett.
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[2025-12-16 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The BJP has latched on to the crowd chaos during Messi’s visit to West Bengal to demand the resignation of the state’s chief minister
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[2025-12-16 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government of Sri Lanka has established the Project Office for the Systematization of the Judicial System, marking a major step toward digitalizing the country’s judiciary as part of a national priority strategy.
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[2025-12-16 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Australian Cameron Green is now the costliest overseas player in the history of the IPL.
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[2025-12-16 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Family doctors are probably the best place to obtain trusted, first-point information about vaccines and other medicines, say experts, amid a growing and public conflict between the Trump Administration's health agencies and professional, independent medical groups.
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[2025-12-16 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President also calls on Hong Kong to proactively align with the nation’s 15th five-year plan; extends condolences to families of victims of Tai Po fire
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[2025-12-16 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The draft National Electricity Policy prepared in accordance with the Sri Lanka Electricity Act No. 14 of 2025 was handed over to the Minister of Energy, Engineer Kumara Jayakody, by the committee appointed for that purpose.
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[2025-12-16 18:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Curfews, increased airport screening and the bombing of the province housing Angkor Wat have rattled foreign travellers
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[2025-12-16 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Elon Musk on Monday became the first person ever worth $600 billion, Forbes said, on the heels of reports that his SpaceX startup was likely to go public at a valuation of $800 billion.
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[2025-12-16 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese authorities uncovered the drug in an international container at the Yantian port in Shenzhen, according to CCTV
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[2025-12-16 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tito Karnavian dismissed the US$60,000 aid package as ‘not much’ compared to Jakarta’s own disaster response, touching a raw nerve online
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[2025-12-16 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The government has decided to grant special leave to state officials who were unable to report to work due to floods, landslides, and road blockages caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-16 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘These biased statements and malicious smears from external forces precisely reflect that the national security risks we face are real,’ government says
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[2025-12-16 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Recent shifts in Taiwan’s political environment and international attitudes suggest the time is right for cross-strait engagement
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[2025-12-16 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Sajid Akram and his son Naveed had been radicalised by an ‘ideology of hate’
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[2025-12-16 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Kim Jong-un’s public grief for fallen mine-clearers, observers see a strategic play to lock in a role in Russia’s post-war rebuilding
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[2025-12-16 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president dramatically escalates his fight against the drug by signing an executive order and warning against the ‘scourge’ of fentanyl
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[2025-12-16 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering taking a first step to using cryptocurrency, according to a meeting recording and other materials reviewed by ProPublica and three officials familiar with the matter. Two officials told ProPublica they believe the initiative may be a trial run for the use of crypto across the federal government.
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[2025-12-16 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The absence of a consensus on the nation’s journey to independence could weaken national resolve to face of challenges both at home abroad, observers say .
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[2025-12-16 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Hambantota International Port (HIP) welcomed Mein Schiff 6 on its maiden call at the port recently, marking another significant step in the port’s growing prominence as a South Asian cruise destination.
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[2025-12-16 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The birth and marriage registration certificates of around one million people affected by the recent landslides and floods may have got damaged or destroyed according to preliminary assessments, Registrar General Sasidevi Jaladeepan said yesterday.
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[2025-12-16 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: During a candid interview with Newsweek that took place last week, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake spoke about Sri Lanka’s need for climate finance for the country to adapt to the increasing intensity of climate related disasters and to be able to build resilience in vulnerable communities. Domestically, the country is also considering prohibiting new settlements or any construction above 5000 feet to mitigating extreme rainfall and landslides.
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[2025-12-16 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Christmas is the feast of the Emmanuel because God in the New Testament is God-with-us, Emmanuel, who continues to live with us in all the events of our lives.I have heard the Christmas story many times now, and still, it takes my breath away.It is the story of light, the coming of light into all our darkness.This Christmas, while all the festivities are taking place, let’s stop, take some time and ask ourselves- What am I celebrating?The real Christmas message
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[2025-12-16 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Mahara Acting Magistrate Deshal Paul ordered on Sunday (December 14) that a sitting member and a former member of the Biyagama Pradeshiya Sabha, along with two other individuals, be remanded until December 19.
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[2025-12-16 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Essential Food Importers and Traders Association (EFITA) yesterday donated Rs. 20 million to strengthen the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund implemented by the government for rebuilding the country following the severe devastation caused by Cyclone ‘Ditwah’.
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[2025-12-16 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As part of Pakistan’s ongoing humanitarian relief efforts, Pakistan yesterday handed over a consignment of 200 tonnes of humanitarian relief goods to the Sri Lankan Government, reaffirming the enduring friendship and strong bilateral ties between the two countries.
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At a moment when the world is closely watching peace efforts linked to conflicts in Thailand and Cambodia, Gaza and Ukraine, a new book by Prof. G. L. Peiris revisits one of the most closely scrutinised peace initiatives of recent times: the negotiations between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped Pakistan with 11 more stringent conditions to address corruption vulnerabilities, end elite capture of the sugar sector and unearth the true cost of foreign remittances. The new conditions have also been imposed to reduce losses in the power sector through private sector participation, improve governance and service delivery, and enhance the effectiveness of the highly inefficient Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The 16th meeting of the National Council for Disaster Management was held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (15) under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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[2025-12-16 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government defends tariff package as vital to supporting domestic workers and producers, and not aimed at curbing imports from China
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[2025-12-16 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The Spanish government has imposed a fine of €64 million ($75 million) on short-term rental giant Airbnb due to rentals not having the relevant license, officials said Monday.
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[2025-12-16 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Le 28 décembre prochain, quelque 2,3 millions de Centrafricaines et les Centrafricains seront appelés aux urnes pour voter à quatre scrutins : l'élection présidentielle, des élections législatives, régionales et municipales.
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[2025-12-16 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Promotoria de Berlim apresentou nesta segunda-feira (15/12) uma denúncia formal contra um deputado federal do partido de ultradireita Alternativa para a Alemanha (AfD) que foi acusado de fazer a saudação nazista no interior da sede do Parlamento do país.
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[2025-12-16 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Attackers shot student leader Sharif Osman Hadi shortly after a date was announced for elections, following on from last year’s uprising
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[2025-12-16 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Thailand's election commission confirmed on Monday that early national elections will take place on February 8.
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[2025-12-16 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-president of German parliament slams ‘disgusting’ ceremony in which Donald Trump received peace prize, and calls ticket prices ‘insane’
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[2025-12-16 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former media boss tapped into vast political network for intervention against Beijing and Hong Kong, according to 857-page judgment
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[2025-12-15 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Provincial Communist Party boss on impromptu visit calls on temple’s new leadership to protect reputation and return to ‘true teachings’
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[2025-12-15 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s evaluation highlights an increasing number of Chinese companies developing world-leading open-weight AI models, not just DeepSeek
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