Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-04 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 08:12 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Most Indians are unhappy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s government over its handling of exam scandals that touched off student protests across the country, a national poll by one of the country’s largest pollsters found.
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[2026-08-04 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The bank’s disclosure is tied to a lawsuit against Capital One alleging that it illegally closed Trump’s accounts for political reasons
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[2026-08-04 08:03 UTC+10:00] [Operation Choke Point] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The bank’s disclosure is tied to a lawsuit against Capital One alleging that it illegally closed Trump’s accounts for political reasons
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[2026-08-04 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a development that will stun absolutely no one, the California Democratic Party's roughly 380-member executive board gathered at a waterside Sheraton in San Diego this weekend and voted to endorse Proposition 40 - a "one-time" 5% levy on the net worth of the state's roughly 200 billionaires - clearing the 60% supermajority required for the party's official blessing, three months before voters render judgment on November 3.
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[2026-08-04 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz emphasized that IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth has not been dismissed and is performing well in his role in the military, during a meeting with heads of the local authorities from the West Bank on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-04 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Livestock Farming
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[2026-08-04 07:34 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Coalition of 25 states asks US Court of International Trade to halt tariffs and declare them them unlawful
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[2026-08-04 07:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: So far, in Zohran Mamdani's socialist utopia in New York City, it can take multiple forms of identification to shovel snow and, if his proposal is implemented, potentially to shop at government-run grocery stores.
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[2026-08-04 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-08-04 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — The White House will host a meeting Tuesday with AI executives to discuss a new voluntary system of government review of the technology's most powerful models, an administration official said.
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[2026-08-04 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-08-04 06:45 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 4 August 2026 6:45am
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[2026-08-04 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-04 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: As food prices rise, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party plans to provide temporary relief with a consumption tax cut. © Kyodo
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[2026-08-04 06:38 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Two men were arrested on Monday evening and one was charged over an alleged replica pistol. Follow today’s news live.
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[2026-08-04 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by James Howard Kunstler,
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[2026-08-04 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Erwin Tulfo on Monday sought the Senate's concurrence in twin measures ratifying the Philippines’ Status of Visiting Forces Agreements (SOVFAs) with Canada and New Zealand.
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[2026-08-04 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-08-04 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Olha Stefanishyna’s departure coincides with a recent shake-up of top officials including the replacement of the PM and defence minister
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[2026-08-04 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Olha Stefanishyna’s departure coincides with a recent shake-up of top officials including the replacement of the PM and defence minister
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[2026-08-04 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A coalition of 25 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Monday, arguing President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on goods from 60 U.S. trading partners.
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[2026-08-04 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said on Monday that Iran has an economic resilience plan for at least the next two years, according to Fars news.
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[2026-08-04 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-04 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is sworn in as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-08-04 05:05 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: British warships would turn back asylum seekers in the English Channel under plans unveiled by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to embrace Australia’s tough border policy to stop the boats.
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[2026-08-04 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three of the four major Arab parties - Hadash, Ta'al and Balad - are expected to officially revive the Joint List this week without Ra'am, while also unveiling their new Knesset slate, Hadash-Ta'al's recently appointed chairman Yousef Jabareen told The Jerusalem Post in a Monday interview.
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[2026-08-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The state government has forecast more than 100,000 new homes will be completed across Western Australia in the next four years, and a similar number will be under construction, with greenfield suburbs as well as inner-city areas under the spotlight in a bid to increase supply.
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[2026-08-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There is no end in sight to a standoff between inner-city residents and the state government over the Erskineville Road footbridge as the push to install lights on the path Transport for NSW has declared unsafe hits an impasse more than two months after the temporary fix stopped working.
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[2026-08-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: With allegations of vendettas, political betrayals and Dominic Perrottet being backstabbed at his own wedding, day six of the ICAC’s blockbuster inquiry veered dangerously close to watching an episode of Game of Thrones, the fantasy series featuring a group of powerful families battling to the death to seize power.
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[2026-08-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-08-04 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: On July 6, China's military conducted a test launch of a missile carrying a training warhead from a submarine in the South Pacific. (Xinhua via Kyodo)
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[2026-08-04 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man passes an early voting poll site, Feb. 14, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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[2026-08-04 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan launched its H3 flagship heavy-lift rocket on June 12. © Kyodo
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[2026-08-04 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El sol se oculta detrás de un tramo del muro fronterizo, el 18 de junio de 2025, en Mission, Texas. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin, Archivo)
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[2026-08-04 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tue 4 Aug 2026 at 4:46am
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[2026-08-04 04:45 UTC+10:00] [Conservatives] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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[2026-08-04 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump departs following a cabinet meeting at Camp David, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-08-04 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The record migrant influx into Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta has fueled political divisions in the country, with the opposition criticizing the government’s handling of the crisis. Madrid has accused Morocco of “weaponizing” migration.
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[2026-08-04 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" said on Monday that an essential prerequisite of Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza is Hamas’s “complete” disarmament, after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-08-04 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: CXMT, China's largest chipmaker by output and certainly by market value thanks to its blowout IPO pricing one week ago, which saw its stock surge more than 7x from its offering price of 8.66 yuan per share, is considering building a second memory-chip plant in Beijing and is in financing talks with a tech manufacturing hub backed by the local government, Reuters reported citing source familiar.
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[2026-08-04 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian Minister for Foreign Affairs Varsen Aghabekian Shahin said on Monday that the violence of Israeli settlers and the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, which has accelerated in recent years, are not separate phenomena but “two complementary pillars of Israel’s illegal colonial project” to seize Palestinian land.
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[2026-08-04 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two United States Republican senators have said they will end their opposition to US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, after Blanche scrapped a controversial “anti-weaponisation fund” that bipartisan critics say would use taxpayer dollars to reward Trump’s political allies.
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[2026-08-04 03:35 UTC+10:00] [Apple] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Home Office has made a fresh request for ‘back door’ access to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users
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[2026-08-04 03:33 UTC+10:00] [Democrats] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Paul Rivera says missing section included questions on Biden’s decision to run for re-election, the Times reports
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[2026-08-04 03:28 UTC+10:00] [Nigel Farage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Nigel Farage admits he discussed returning as Reform leader months before election, appearing to undermine previous claims
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[2026-08-04 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Nigel Farage has told the BBC he discussed the "potential liabilities" of returning to politics before the 2024 general election.
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