Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-06 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Psychologists say encouragement from family, friends and colleagues crucial to helping residents even as government steps up mental health support
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[2025-12-06 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that a unified operational mechanism, which goes beyond the normal state administration, is required to restore public life after a disaster.
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[2025-12-06 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Five posters related to Sunday’s poll allegedly destroyed on Mei Tin Road in Tai Wai, according to force
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[2025-12-06 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this morning (06) visited the Malwathu Maha Viharaya and paid respects to the Mahanayake Thera of the Malwathu Chapter, Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Thera.
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[2025-12-06 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Koalicja chadeków i socjaldemokratów zdołała uniknąć poważnego kryzysu rządowego: w piątek Bundestag przyjął ustawę emerytalną przedstawioną przez minister pracy Bärbel Bas (SPD). Stało się to także dzięki wstrzymaniu się od głosu przez opozycyjną partię Lewicy. W ławach rządowych odczuwalne było westchnienie ulgi.
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[2025-12-06 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Staff at a Virginia liquor store got a shock on Saturday when they came into work to find a raccoon had burgled the store, drinking its way through the spirits section.
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[2025-12-06 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Netting at 175 private buildings removed, government says, as companies race to comply with order in wake of Tai Po blaze
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[2025-12-06 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the government demands global tech firms like Cloudflare bend to its will, critics say it’s ‘burning the rice barn to kill the rats’
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[2025-12-06 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This was the mainland associations’ first warning to members as Chinese authorities have explicitly targeted RWA tokenisation
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[2025-12-06 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump received the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
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[2025-12-06 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held extensive discussion with senior government officials of Finance and Industry and Entrepreneurial Development Ministries regarding the relief measures and support that could be extended to the industrialists affected by the cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-06 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a break with the recent past, Beijing makes no mention of ‘denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula’ in a white paper
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[2025-12-06 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – In September 21, when the International Criminal Court (ICC) pre-trial chamber authorized the investigation into the Philippine drug war, it referred to what the prosecutor called an “emblematic” case of an alleged state policy to kill.
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[2025-12-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Little orange book’ sent to nearly 10 million households advises on survival response, but many question its cost and value
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[2025-12-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Series of commentaries says insulting officials will backfire and more effort must be made to tackle reasons for perceived poor performance
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[2025-12-06 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: This fall, Americans got to see what it’s like to go without a safety net for the hungry. With the U.S. government shut down for multiple weeks and President Donald Trump refusing to fund SNAP, the federal food stamp program, a panic set in among the more than 40 million people who rely on it.
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[2025-12-06 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Radha, a three-year-old Murrah hybrid buffalo from Malawadi in Maharashtra, has captured global attention after being officially recognized as the world’s shortest living water buffalo. Standing at just 2 ft 8 in (83.8 cm), Radha is significantly smaller than typical water buffalo, which usually reach heights of five to six feet.
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[2025-12-06 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Northeast monsoon condition is gradually establishing over the island.
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[2025-12-06 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Framework pledges to stop competitors from threatening the stability and political alignment of neighbouring countries in the region
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[2025-12-06 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump has signed a bill requiring release of all government records involving the convicted sex offender
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[2025-12-06 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday stressed that the government is not in any way ready to amend or withdraw from the agreement entered into between Sri Lanka and the IMF.
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[2025-12-06 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has allocated Rs.10 billion in the initial phase to provide financial relief to people affected by the natural disasters that have occurred in the country, Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananda Wijepala informed Parliament yesterday (5).
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[2025-12-06 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has taken appropriate steps to properly manage expenditure, minimise waste and establish fiscal discipline with transparency, instead of taking irresponsible actions, Labour Minister and Finance, Planning and Economic Development Deputy Minister Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando told Parliament yesterday (5) .
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[2025-12-06 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Every person leading a worldly life needs wealth to meet at least his basic needs and those of his dependents.
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[2025-12-06 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: This line often originates either from the lower part of the Mount or from the initial part of the Life line and proceeds towards the Mount of Venus. There can be one or more lines of Mars and they can be thin, thick or very feint.
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[2025-12-06 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sarasavi Reading Room began in June 2023 with one clear intention: to enhance the reading habit among children. What started as a small effort has now grown into a warm, monthly gathering that has continued for two and a half years.
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[2025-12-06 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A depleted New Zealand attack effectively reduced to just two-and-a-half frontline bowlers was made to toil as a defiant West Indies rearguard stretched the contest into a fifth day on an increasingly docile Hagley Oval surface.
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[2025-12-06 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government of Sri Lanka had discussions with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to mobilize a policy-based loan amounting to USD 100 million to implement the Power Sector Reforms and Financial
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[2025-12-06 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: If the government fails to implement proper work plans to rebuild the country that has been badly affected by the disaster, no one will be able to prevent the current government from falling, just like the Maithri and Gotabaya regimes fell, Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) MP Velusami Radhakrishnan said in Parliament.
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[2025-12-06 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government will be forced to incur a heavy expenditure in repairing the vast damage and destruction resulting from the recent inclement weather. This will include compensation paid on behalf of those who lost their lives and damage caused to property including homes and businesses. The cyclonic winds and the heavy flooding also badly affected small-time traders.
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[2025-12-06 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Após meses de intensas disputas políticas, os parlamentares alemães aprovaram nesta sexta-feira (05/12) um pacote de reforma da Previdência proposto pela coalizão governista liderada pelo chanceler federal, Friedrich Merz .
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[2025-12-06 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: La Guinée-Bissau serait sous l'emprise de la mafia internationale de la cocaïne et de nombreux politiciens seraient impliqués. Il fallait y mettre un terme, affirmaient-ils. "La tolérance zéro dans la lutte contre la corruption et le trafic de drogue est notre objectif premier", a déclaré le président par intérim, le général Horta N'Tam, lors de son entrée en fonction.
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[2025-12-06 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US lost up to $29 billion to mismanagement and misconduct during its occupation of Afghanistan, all while pursuing unrealistic goals in the country, according to a new report from a government watchdog.
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[2025-12-06 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Members of Select Committee on China claimed ex-media boss being mistreated in prison and called for his immediate release
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[2025-12-06 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Karremans faces criticism after Beijing choked off chip flows and scrutiny of his move to invoke a Cold War-era security law
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[2025-12-06 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Europe is facing potential “civilizational erasure” as the continent’s policymakers encourage censorship, crack down on political opponents, and turn a blind eye to mass immigration, the new National Security Strategy released by the administration of US President Donald Trump warns.
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[2025-12-06 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Contenders also unveil new policy platforms in run-up to Sunday’s poll, including calls for thorough investigation into fire
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[2025-12-06 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mother Mary in a gas mask, Baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents. A Chicago church’s nativity scene sparks debate by mirroring immigrant detention
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[2025-12-05 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Island’s digital affairs ministry says five Chinese apps collect sensitive data, access biometric functions and ‘extract system information’
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[2025-12-05 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The strategy shifts US foreign policy from its traditional global role, prioritising dominance in the Western Hemisphere and ending mass migration
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[2025-12-05 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Following Beijing’s proposals for its next half-decade of policymaking, localities are following suit, with a focus on emerging fields
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[2025-12-05 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leader John Lee says all of society ‘emanating sadness’, while labour chief vows government will push for ban on smoking at construction sites
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[2025-12-05 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Thousands of Indian airline IndiGo passengers suffered flight cancellations and delays for the third day on Thursday, as the airline grapples with new government regulations that affect its staff's working hours.
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[2025-12-05 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts said an alleged plot by retired generals to oust President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr appears inspired by 2001’s EDSA Dos uprising
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[2025-12-05 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Australia’s world-first legislation banning under-16s from social media platforms and websites comes into effect on December 10
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[2025-12-05 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: While negotiations regarding the US' plan to end the war in Ukraine are underway, Russia has announced the capture of the cities of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk in the region of Donetsk. The Ukrainian government denies this and accuses Russia of propaganda.
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[2025-12-05 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and MP Rauff Hakeem told Parliament today (05) that no government can face a disaster of this magnitude without broader national and international support.
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[2025-12-05 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A 29-year-old Tanzanian woman gave birth at Katunayake International Airport on the morning of 12/05.
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[2025-12-05 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The leaders of Germanys's 16 states on Thursday agreed on a 200-point plan to modernize government services.
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[2025-12-05 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The US increasingly views China, not Russia, as this century's defining challenge
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