Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-12 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the most significant voices on US foreign policy and a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71 following a brief illness, his office announced on Sunday.
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[2026-07-12 21:37 UTC+10:00] [2026 FIFA World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Racist comments by former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy about the French men’s football team sparked a backlash from France and Spain’s left-wing parties ahead of their World Cup match against Spain on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-12 21:15 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-12 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The share of foreigners involved in gang rapes hit a record high in 2025, reaching 53 percent. A total of 751 victims were gang-raped in the country. The data comes from a response by the German federal government to a parliamentary request by the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
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[2026-07-12 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: He was a true friend of Israel and a proud American patriot. Those few words capture Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away at the age of 71. He belonged to a generation that has almost disappeared from American politics.
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[2026-07-12 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The death of US Senator Lindsey Graham on Saturday prompted an outpouring of tributes from across the political spectrum, including from Iranian opposition figures who remembered him as one of the most outspoken American supporters of the Iranian people's struggle against the Islamic Republic. Graham died at the age of 71 following what his office described as a "brief and sudden illness."
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[2026-07-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The law has been criticised by the EU and US, but Beijing says it is designed to build a sense of ‘national community’
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[2026-07-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Chen Shanshan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The law has been criticised by the EU and US, but Beijing says it is designed to build a sense of ‘national community’
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[2026-07-12 19:56 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Bullying the competition cellar dwellers may not be the most emphatic of premiership flexes, but the nature in which the Brisbane Lions decimated Essendon was a signal that irrespective of the opposition, they would be out to make a statement.
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[2026-07-12 19:41 UTC+10:00] [Tommy Robinson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ed Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to Moscow
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[2026-07-12 19:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Qatari government has announced the death of former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who ruled the country from 1995 until his abdication in 2013.
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[2026-07-12 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US government has made its first payments to American personnel affected by the unexplained health condition known as ‘Havana Syndrome,’ the Pentagon has said.
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[2026-07-12 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DOHA — Qatar's government on Sunday announced the death of former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. He was 74, according to a government website.
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[2026-07-12 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Omani government has strongly condemned an attack on its territory, state media said.
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[2026-07-12 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Indian government on Sunday criticised an Iranian strike on a ship off the Omani coast.
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[2026-07-12 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Until authorities can reduce costs and allay the market’s concerns, yuan internationalisation will be stronger on paper than balance sheets
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[2026-07-12 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Eddie Yue] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Until authorities can reduce costs and allay the market’s concerns, yuan internationalisation will be stronger on paper than balance sheets
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[2026-07-12 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Health minister Lo Chung-mau says delays occurred in different areas throughout the process of handling the case that left boy disabled for life
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[2026-07-12 18:19 UTC+10:00] [Department of Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Health minister Lo Chung-mau says delays occurred in different areas throughout the process of handling the case that left boy disabled for life
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[2026-07-12 18:12 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senior senator and foreign policy hawk who changed from a Donald Trump skeptic to one of the U.S. president’s strongest allies, died on Saturday. He was 71.
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[2026-07-12 18:06 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Senate inquiry into Telstra’s mass network outage last week will investigate whether any underinvestment in technology contributed to the disaster and it will push for a crackdown on an “unchecked” sector that has suffered multiple failures in the past two years.
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[2026-07-12 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jewish tradition notices when a person leaves the world on Shabbat. Every Shabbat afternoon at Mincha, we recite Tzidkatcha, three verses accepting God's judgment, in memory of the three righteous men who, tradition teaches, died on Shabbat: Joseph, Moses, and King David. The Midrash tells that the Angel of Death could not touch David so long as words of Torah were in his mouth.
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[2026-07-12 17:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — US Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more muscular US foreign policy abroad, died Saturday evening after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement posted on social media. He was 71.
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[2026-07-12 17:50 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Support for Pauline Hanson’s party has fallen for the first time in four months and shifted to the Coalition as women and immigrants turn their backs on the One Nation leader over key elements of her policy agenda.
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[2026-07-12 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Students abducted in May by Islamic militants in Nigeria’s southwestern state of Oyo were rescued and receiving medical treatment, confirmed the local government on Friday.
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[2026-07-12 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Qatar's former emir, who revolutionized Qatar out of its Bedouin background to a regional powerhouse, has died at the age of 74, the nation's Amiri Diwan, its top government body, said on Sunday.
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[2026-07-12 16:37 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who served in the State Legislature and the House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate four times, has died, his office announced early Sunday. He was 71.
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[2026-07-12 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: People visit the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai on July 26, 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-07-12 16:27 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Republican senator had served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backers
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[2026-07-12 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lindsey Graham, a prominent Senate member in the United States, has passed away.
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[2026-07-12 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Around 2,500 Filipino seafarers are stranded aboard commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf as renewed military hostilities between the United States and Iran continue to threaten one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors, maritime and government officials said.
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[2026-07-12 16:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-07-12 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: The Department of Education (DepEd) governs all elementary and secondary education institutions, including public and private alternative learning systems. It calls for the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive, sufficient, and integrated basic education system that is appropriate to national development goals.
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[2026-07-12 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar who transformed the small Gulf state into one of the world’s wealthiest and most influential nations through its vast natural gas wealth and an ambitious programme of political, economic and social reforms, has died. He was 74.
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[2026-07-12 15:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-07-12 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf posted on Twitter/X Sunday morning, saying: "The era of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking."
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[2026-07-12 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
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[2026-07-12 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Venezuela] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Discontent with Trump-backed government mounts as Chávez heirs struggle to respond to disaster for which they seem ill-prepared
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[2026-07-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1919 -- The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea establishes the National Red Cross in Shanghai. Korea's Red Cross, originally established in 1905 by a decree of King Gojong, had been merged into the Red Cross of Japan by the Japanese colonial regime. Korea's government in exile revived the relief agency to manifest the country's independence and held its first general meeting in November that year.
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[2026-07-12 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Andhra Pradesh offers unique advantages as a gateway to India with its 3S model of speed, stability and service, as South Korean companies shift beyond China, says the state's minister for information technology, electronics and communications, real-time governance, and human resources development.
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[2026-07-12 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — A band of white Democratic pastors have a striking message ahead of November's US midterm elections: Republicans have hijacked Jesus for political gain, and we're not going to stand for it.
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[2026-07-12 14:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Entrepreneurship] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Serial entrepreneur and Boost Juice founder Janine Allis has plenty of advice to give. On Instagram, the 60-year-old investor shares soundbites with her 108,000 followers confessing early missteps, and gently rebukes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on policy settings.
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[2026-07-12 14:16 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The National Maritime Council (NMC) on Sunday said the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea belongs to every Filipino, not to any administration or political party.
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[2026-07-12 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-07-12 14:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A government petition is calling for stronger measures to protect children from exposure to inappropriate content via in-flight entertainment.
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[2026-07-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say the Torifune fly-by highlights Tokyo’s growing role in global space safety efforts and its ‘goodwill science’ policy
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[2026-07-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say the Torifune fly-by highlights Tokyo’s growing role in global space safety efforts and its ‘goodwill science’ policy
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[2026-07-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson has, for decades, railed against the nation’s - and the world’s - elites.
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[2026-07-12 13:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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