Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-07-18 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The top lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the federal tax-collecting agency in the United States, is scheduled to leave his post amid rumours of clashes with President Donald Trump’s White House.
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[2026-07-18 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US federal judge this week ruled in favour of a prominent Palestinian-American academic and activist in a decision that deemed the search and seizure of his phones by customs officers to be illegal.
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[2026-07-18 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tensions over the dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea are still simmering 10 years after Chinese claims were rejected in an arbitration ruling. © Reuters
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[2026-07-18 06:42 UTC+10:00] [South Carolina] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sister of the South Carolina senator who died last Saturday has not previously held any elected office
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[2026-07-18 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The field of eight candidates was split into two groups of four, running the top-tier candidates first and dishing the rest out for a second round. By the time it wrapped, these eight took turns explaining why they, specifically, are the ones who can finally unseat an incumbent who has outlasted six presidential administrations, and ended up making Graham Platner look pretty good in the process.
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[2026-07-18 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US federal judge this week ruled in favour of a prominent Palestinian-American academic and activist in a decision that deemed the search and seizure of his phones by customs officers to be illegal.
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[2026-07-18 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by James Howard Kunstler,
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[2026-07-18 06:04 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president offered litany of misleading and false claims during Thursday speech on alleged threats to US elections
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[2026-07-18 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Footballs are seen before an NFL football game in Philadelphia on Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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[2026-07-18 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLUMBIA — President Donald Trump said Friday that Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate.
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[2026-07-18 05:50 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 18, 2026 — 5:50am
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[2026-07-18 05:45 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been backed by British right-wing populist Nigel Farage after they met at a closed-door political gathering also attended by mining billionaire Gina Rinehart.
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[2026-07-18 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Read the requests, demands and orders the president delivered to executive agencies during Thursday’s primetime address.
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[2026-07-18 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi speaks at the U.S. Iraq Business Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-07-18 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Jackson Worthington
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[2026-07-18 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 5:24am
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[2026-07-18 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Apple and the U.S. Department of Justice are reportedly in early discussions to settle the government's 2024 antitrust lawsuit against the iPhone maker, though no agreement has been reached and no trial date has been set, Bloomberg reported today.
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[2026-07-18 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Entering a 100-day election campaign this weekend, it is instructive to note what the coming Israeli vote is about and what it is not.
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[2026-07-18 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Crowds took to the streets of Kyiv on Thursday following the removal of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov
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[2026-07-18 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to elevate his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of U.S. elections and dispute his 2020 loss in an appeal for more restrictive voting laws ahead of the midterms.
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[2026-07-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victorian Labor MPs at the state and federal level are breaking from the Allan government’s aggressive drive to attract data centres, increasingly siding with residents amid growing anxiety about the AI infrastructure gold rush in their electorates.
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[2026-07-18 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-07-18 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Matsapha Correctional Complex in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-07-18 04:33 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president’s Orwellian speech on Thursday was just the latest instance of his denialism. It is up to us to resist
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[2026-07-18 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In a 26-minute speech from the White House, President Donald Trump revived some familiar claims about US election fraud and interference.
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[2026-07-18 04:08 UTC+10:00] [Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Green Party Leader Zack Polanski warned Friday that there is no future for the Labour Party under Andy Burnham — the U.K.'s incoming prime minister — unless he proves that he is not "completely like Keir Starmer.”
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[2026-07-18 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The failure to criticise Israel’s actions in Gaza while condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked accusations of double-standards and “cherry-picking” international law that will dog departing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Middle East legacy, experts have said.
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[2026-07-18 03:50 UTC+10:00] [2026 FIFA World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will travel to the U.S. on Sunday to watch Spain face Argentina in the FIFA Men’s World Cup final.
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