Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-03 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s department has declared it will not tolerate foreign interference and backed the spy agency ASIO after China’s top diplomat issued a combative denial that Beijing attempts to meddle in overseas affairs.
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[2026-07-03 12:08 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Japan’s parliament will get two more women’s toilet cubicles, officials said Thursday, after a petition by 58 female lawmakers called for more facilities to match their improved representation.
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[2026-07-03 12:02 UTC+10:00] [Balkans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ATHENS — Greece needs to cool its cozy relationship with MAGA, opposition leader and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told POLITICO in an interview.
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[2026-07-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.N. Office of Counter-Terrorism to expand information sharing, personnel exchanges and joint research, the office for government policy coordination said Friday.
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[2026-07-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The 2026 political year has already been surprising. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, which they had previously ruled out. The Liberals changed leaders again, and One Nation has seen a surge of support in multiple polls.
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[2026-07-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Westminster bubble] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: POLITICO’s weekly political series lifting the curtain on how Westminster really works.
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[2026-07-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Marine Le Pen built her political career by trashing the EU, and Brussels is now poised to take revenge by blocking her path to France’s presidency.
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[2026-07-03 11:45 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Comedy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hughesy, do we have a problem? That question has been top of mind since mid-May, when Dave Hughes, one of the most successful and popular comedians in the country, began venting his intense disapproval of the changes to the tax system Labor unveiled in the federal budget.
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[2026-07-03 11:40 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: From the chief commissioner’s office on the 37th floor of the Victoria Police Centre the view is the best in Melbourne and the seat one of the hottest in Victoria – that is if there was a seat, as the incumbent, Mike Bush, prefers an ultra-groovy stand-up desk.
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[2026-07-03 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ballots are inspected the day after California’s primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in City of Industry, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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[2026-07-03 11:33 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about it
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[2026-07-03 11:33 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A West Australian traditional custodian has filed a complaint with the world’s peak cultural and heritage body over the federal government’s conduct during the process of obtaining World Heritage listing for a region home to sacred Pilbara rock art.
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[2026-07-03 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Labor has been accused of gagging internal debate over the conflict in Gaza and the AUKUS alliance ahead of the party’s state conference this weekend.
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[2026-07-03 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar Friday, on expectations that slower U.S. jobs growth may prompts the Federal Reserve to moderate its anticipated rate hike this year.
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[2026-07-03 11:13 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-03 11:03 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Firefighters’ union boss Peter Marshall has failed in his bid to block the publication of a report by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog into contentious dealings between the union and the Andrews government a decade ago.
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[2026-07-03 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An unprecedented phenomenon is unfolding off the eastern seaboard as vast flocks of sub-Antarctic seabirds, including some never seen in these waters, converge just over the horizon from our major cities after journeying thousands of kilometres from their Southern Ocean home.
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[2026-07-03 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRASILÍA — Brazil's leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday lashed out at his right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro for looking to postpone potential US tariff hikes until after the South American country's elections.
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[2026-07-03 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-03 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend 14.9 trillion won (US$9.62 billion) to support small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit by the recent foreign exchange volatility, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-07-03 10:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 53 percent of those aged 18-29 say fraud occurred, while 61 percent of those in their 50s reject the claim, poll finds
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[2026-07-03 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A state Labor MP was assaulted and needed urgent surgery after she intervened to rescue a woman who was being attacked and kicked in the face.
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[2026-07-03 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While government’s plan goes beyond law reform body’s suggestions, groups say ‘honest but mistaken’ defence over consent could be a loophole
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[2026-07-03 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Law Reform Commission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While government’s plan goes beyond law reform body’s suggestions, groups say ‘honest but mistaken’ defence over consent could be a loophole
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[2026-07-03 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-07-03 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Many of today's papers celebrate pubs being allowed to stay open for the next England game in the World Cup. It is a "world cup pubs boost" with the "Mexican rave" says the Daily Mirror . Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quoted as saying "football might be coming home but we're making sure fans don't have to".
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[2026-07-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Narendra Modi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipient
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[2026-07-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The prime minister is looking to make India an ‘important part’ of Japan’s security transition while boosting economic ties, analysts say
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[2026-07-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The prime minister is looking to make India an ‘important part’ of Japan’s security transition while boosting economic ties, analysts say
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[2026-07-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-07-03 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Former First Lady Jill Biden's memoir, View from the East Wing, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list on June 21. But how much of its sales were genuine sales from interested readers is unclear.
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[2026-07-03 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are “abandoning the future of those who sacrificed their bodies and souls in battle for the State of Israel,” the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization said following a newly agreed-upon defense budget that reportedly excludes increased funding for the treatment of disabled veterans.
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[2026-07-03 09:21 UTC+10:00] [FBI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Memo calls for ‘surge’ of analysts after agents in January seized hundreds of boxes containing Fulton county ballots
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[2026-07-03 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump sat with CNBC's Joe Kernen in the Oval Office on Thursday for a wide-ranging interview about his finances, the economy and legislation moving through Capitol Hill.
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[2026-07-03 09:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., right, arrive for a visit to a Jollibee fast food restaurant, in Vancouver, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-07-03 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by John Murawski via RealClearInvestigations,
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[2026-07-03 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sixteen years ago, Abdi Nor Iftin was a Somali refugee living in one of the roughest slums in Kenya when he found out he had won the lottery of a lifetime. Out of nearly eight million applicants in 2013, he had been one of the lucky 50,000 granted a US visa through a scheme known as the diversity visa scheme that the US government had begun in the 1990s.
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[2026-07-03 09:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on X that "July 3rd is a reminder of the crime in which America took the lives of 290 innocent people, including 66 children”.
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[2026-07-03 09:12 UTC+10:00] [Victorian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Scandal has engulfed state opposition as MP resists calls to apologise to Matthew Guy over assault allegation
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[2026-07-03 08:52 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-07-03 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s policy conference at the Washington Hilton, Friday, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-07-03 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-07-03 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Philippines and Canada on Thursday (Friday in Manila) sign four agreements aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties between the Philippines and Canada during the official visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Marcos and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney witnessed the signing of the agreements on energy, natural resources, tourism, labor and immigration, and culture and the arts following their bilateral meeting at Vancouver Convention Center.
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[2026-07-03 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Kate Forbes stepped down from the Scottish Parliament at May's election
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[2026-07-03 08:01 UTC+10:00] [Tucker Carlson] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former Fox News host further said he doesn’t ‘want to be a candidate’ for president and aired frustration with Trump
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[2026-07-03 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Readers have been well ahead of both the federal government and the mainstream news cycle in asking whether there is a "Cuba connection" behind the radicalization of the Democratic Party and its aligned billionaire-funded nonprofit universe.
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[2026-07-03 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: When political hatred enters the classroomStudents must be protected from political extremism, hate speech
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[2026-07-03 07:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after another teen boy was allegedly stabbed to death metres from a hospital in Melbourne’s north.
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[2026-07-03 07:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A 16-year-old was bailed by police four days before he allegedly stabbed a teenage boy to death metres from a hospital in Melbourne’s north.
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[2026-07-03 07:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Philippines and Canada agree to enhance their partnership by elevating their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership that will deepen defense and economic cooperation. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the announcement following his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Vancouver Convention Center Thursday (Friday in Manila).
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