Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-18 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar revealed links between Global Somud Flotilla activists and Hamas during a conference on the rise of political terrorism, led by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Thursday.
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[2026-07-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Japan plans to acquire 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips as part of a $2.4 billion, government-backed push to develop domestic humanoid robotics models and reduce its dependence on foreign AI. This major effort comes as physical AI comes after data center buildouts, with global shipments of humanoid robots expected to surge next year.
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[2026-07-18 12:43 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Albanese government has overlooked some of the most significant recommendations from the special envoy for tackling Islamophobia, as it commits to a raft of measures described as a necessary step in preventing religious discrimination “dangerously close” to becoming entrenched in society.
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[2026-07-18 12:42 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: Police Scene of the Crime Operatives and bomb disposal experts inspect the blast site in front of a mosque in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, after a grenade attack wounded five people on Saturday, July 18, 2026. — Photo courtesy of Shariff Aguak Vice Mayor Oping Ampatuan
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[2026-07-18 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jim Davis via AmericanThinker.com,
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[2026-07-18 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 12:31 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: A former Japanese minister has blamed Indian authorities for a delay in completing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious high-speed rail corridor backed by funding and technology from the East Asian nation.
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[2026-07-18 12:18 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley join rally to support Justin Pearson’s bid for a seat in Congress
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[2026-07-18 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) was recognized by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for remitting P585.71 million in dividends to the National Treasury, underscoring the state-run firm's commitment to sound fiscal management and its contribution to funding the government's priority programs for the Filipino people.
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[2026-07-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Fukuoka prefectural government admitted it spent more than US$2 million on the excursions, triggering public anger
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[2026-07-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Fukuoka prefectural government admitted it spent more than US$2 million on the excursions, triggering public anger
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[2026-07-18 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MORE undernourished public elementary school learners will soon benefit from safer and more reliable milk feeding as the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) rolled out new guidelines to strengthen the government’s School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP).
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[2026-07-18 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during a joint-press conference following their meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on July 7. © Reuters
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[2026-07-18 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Israeli government has stripped Nile crocodiles of their protected status, paving the way for a proposal to build a detention facility for Palestinians surrounded by the reptiles, Israeli media reported on Thursday.
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[2026-07-18 11:43 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thousands gather outside presidential office for second day, following surprise government reshuffle. What we know on day 1,606
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[2026-07-18 11:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Religious Discrimination
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[2026-07-18 11:06 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Beijing on Friday said a video published by state-run newspaper China Daily that portrayed Filipinos as monkeys was not produced by the Chinese government, while reiterating its rejection of the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award.
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[2026-07-18 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Albert Salgado es consolado por su novia en el lugar donde su tío Lorenzo Salgado Araujo fue baleado por un agente del ICE, el viernes 10 de julio de 2026, en Houston. (AP Foto/Annie Mulligan)
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[2026-07-18 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by David Manney via PJMedia.com,
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[2026-07-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While the Pentagon publicly clings to a $30 billion price tag for its war against Iran, internal Defense Department assessments (unsurprisingly) paint a far more staggering picture: the true cost is rapidly closing in on the $80 billion to $100 billion range, according to NBC News.
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[2026-07-18 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A memorial grows at the site where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents, last week, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)
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[2026-07-18 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nigel Farage will face a record field of 33 opponents as he seeks to regain his parliamentary seat in a by-election triggered by his resignation earlier this month.
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[2026-07-18 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has doubled down on threats United States President Donald Trump made against states that defy his demands for election reform.
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[2026-07-18 10:04 UTC+10:00] [Fifa] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump and Infantino appear at Fifa reception
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[2026-07-18 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Andy Burnham, who is taking over from Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister on Monday, dominates today's papers. The Sun headlines on the "Burn supremacy" after the former mayor of Greater Manchester secured the top job without a general election or "proper" Labour contest. Burnham has vowed "the most significant change in the past 40 years", the paper reports.
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[2026-07-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Data and Documents] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: From political allies under the “UniTeam” banner to mortal enemies, President Bongbong Marcos’ and Vice President Sara Duterte’s catastrophic breakup in 2024 has continued to stir up chaos in wider Philippine politics years later.
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[2026-07-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-07-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 95]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-07-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-07-18 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It has been noted by many deportation advocates that the enforcement of basic immigration laws has always been a responsibility of government. It's not a new, unique, bizarre or despotic policy - It's simply common sense. However, in the past decade, the common sense enforcement of the law is being treated like a humanitarian crisis akin to slavery, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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[2026-07-18 09:36 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The China Daily’s AI-generated video of a monkey wearing Filipino national costume has triggered a diplomatic protest from the Philippines, raising tensions days before Beijing’s top diplomat joins a regional meeting in Manila.
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[2026-07-18 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Trump is expected to meet with China’s leader in Washington in September, and the White House gave no indication the topic would be on the agenda.
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[2026-07-18 09:05 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Director Honey Trehan decries ‘dystopian’ opposition to his film depicting crackdown on Punjab’s separatist movement
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[2026-07-18 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: AURORA, Colo. (AP) — An off-duty employee at a federal immigration detention center in Colorado has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun following a confrontation with two protesters outside the building, hitting a woman in the foot.
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[2026-07-18 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iraq’s government has struck dozens of agreements with Western oil companies, including to restore an energy supply route Baghdad could use to export its oil without the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-18 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A 28-year prison sentence is too lenient for a Libyan militant who was convicted of terrorism-related charges in the 2012 attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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[2026-07-18 07:43 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Two men arrested after taking federal employees hostage in Shasta-Trinity national forest
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[2026-07-18 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: The Philippine government denounced the “racist” and “dehumanizing” depiction of Filipinos as a monkey under US and Japanese control by the state-run China Daily days before the 10th anniversary of the arbitral award that upheld Manila’s sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea.
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[2026-07-18 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
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[2026-07-18 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Thursday said that US TV networks that refused to air his primetime address on election integrity should have their licenses revoked.
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[2026-07-18 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced travel restrictions, the head of a US charity employing them told Reuters.
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[2026-07-18 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-07-18 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
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[2026-07-18 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The full candidates' list can be seen at Clacton Town Hall, as posted by acting returning officer Ian Davidson, or on Tendring council's website
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[2026-07-18 07:04 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY—Political realignments continue to reshape the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ahead of the Sept. 14 parliamentary elections, with more leaders leaving the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) for the newly formed Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP).
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[2026-07-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Punjab villager Charanjit Singh stands by a statue of his Agniveer son Ajay Singh, who died aged 24 in Jammu and Kashmir in 2024. The soldier's death received national media attention and was debated in India's parliament. (Photo by Nipun Prabhakar)
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[2026-07-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It must feel like one of the biggest weekends of Andy Burnham's life. Downing Street beckons for a man who has long dreamed of leading his party and his country.
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[2026-07-18 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Brendan Carr is already scrutinizing TV broadcasters, but he may have to be careful echoing the president’s political grievances, legal experts say.
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