Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-30 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Senegal's National Assembly passed a bill revising the balance of power between the country's executive and parliament on Monday, prompting the president to announce a national referendum on the matter.
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[2026-06-30 20:22 UTC+10:00] [French politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Three people were injured in an apparent parcel bomb attack in central Monaco on Monday evening, triggering a major security operation in the principality.
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[2026-06-30 20:20 UTC+10:00] [South Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Government fears repeat of anti-migrant violence in 2008 that led to looting and resulted in deaths of 62 people
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[2026-06-30 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-30 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — The Premier Lacrosse League is adding actors Rob Mac and Glen Powell among the investors of a $100 million financing round that represents the largest capital raise in the history of professional lacrosse.
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[2026-06-30 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Her two siblings both gained asylum before the Trump administration’s changes to immigration policy. But instead of being allowed to join them, she is being deported to Uganda
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[2026-06-30 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: You’re watching the Manila Times’ News Prime
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[2026-06-30 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It would be in the interest of all political parties to focus on economic issues affecting citizens, analysts say
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[2026-06-30 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Raeesah Khan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It would be in the interest of all political parties to focus on economic issues affecting citizens, analysts say
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[2026-06-30 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The nation’s peak Jewish group is urging Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to deny a visa to a prominent comedian who has called Israelis “genocidal ... pieces of shit” and accused Israel of bombing its own embassy, reviving a debate about the limits of free speech on polarising topics.
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[2026-06-30 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Other member states have also put the deal under scrutiny, including an ongoing foreign investment clearance process in Austria and Spain
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[2026-06-30 19:41 UTC+10:00] [Austria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Other member states have also put the deal under scrutiny, including an ongoing foreign investment clearance process in Austria and Spain
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[2026-06-30 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The next EU-UK summit was set to take place in July but has had to be postponed due to political manoeuverings in London. So when will it take place and what's on the agenda?
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[2026-06-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Secret state government research warned that replacing Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers with developments that mixed subsidised and private market housing would fuel social division and lead to owners “looking down” on low-income residents.
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[2026-06-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor’s long-delayed gambling advertising crackdown will be kicked along to another inquiry as the Coalition and the Greens seek extra time to scrutinise the contentious package, which advocates argue does not go far enough to protect families.
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[2026-06-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: June 30, 2026 — 7:30pm
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[2026-06-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An army of foreign influencers supporting Pauline Hanson on social media could be the first example of Indonesian “buzzers” being deployed on Australian politics.
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[2026-06-30 19:28 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Today is the final day for the supreme court to lay out the last rulings of its nine-month term
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[2026-06-30 19:27 UTC+10:00] [Gambling] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers all say the planned reforms are too weak and the proposals are ‘half-arsed’
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[2026-06-30 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JAKARTA — An Indonesian court convicted former education minister Nadiem Makarim, the co-founder of a multibillion-dollar tech startup, of corruption on Tuesday, sentencing him to 10 years in prison.
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[2026-06-30 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraqi investigators have seized $11 million and four billion Iraqi dinars (just over $3 million) in cash from the home of Ali Maarij Al Bahadly, the Deputy Minister of Oil for Distribution Affairs, in an anti-corruption crackdown, the country's Supreme Judiciary Council has announced.
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[2026-06-30 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates
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[2026-06-30 19:00 UTC+10:00] [West] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates
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[2026-06-30 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jonathan Turley,
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[2026-06-30 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: The BARMM has already come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. Watch this video for the full story.
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[2026-06-30 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A supporter gives a rose to Nadiem Makarim, Indonesia's former education minister and co-founder of ride-hailing firm Gojek, as he arrives at a Jakarta court on Tuesday to hear the verdict in his corruption case. Makarim was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $45 million. © Reuters
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[2026-06-30 18:53 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Victorian family daycare provider could be forced to close after the federal government used expanded regulatory powers to cut its funding.
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[2026-06-30 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANGKOK — Thailand's main opposition leader and nine other MPs were among dozens on trial Tuesday, accused of ethics breaches over attempts to reform the kingdom's strict royal insult law.
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[2026-06-30 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Brig.-Gen. (res.) Dedi Simchi said Tuesday that the new political body he formed with Benny Gantz would seek to build a broad Zionist government, bridge divisions in Israeli society and expand enlistment across all sectors.
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[2026-06-30 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al Zaidi, is leading a new charge against corruption. Over the last several days, the Iraqi security forces have been detaining politicians and officials and uncovering masses of cash and other evidence of corruption. In one case, a stable of horses was found.
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[2026-06-30 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday strongly condemned the haredi rabbi who cursed Zamir during a Bnei Brak anti-military draft protest, saying that "Even when there are disagreements among us, there is absolutely no place for serious incitement against the IDF and its commanders who protect us all."
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[2026-06-30 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Members of Senegal's National Assembly on Monday adopted a controversial constitutional amendment that expands their role and reduces presidential powers, but the government said it will be put to a referendum.
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[2026-06-30 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: An Indonesian corruption court on Tuesday sentenced former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim, a co-founder of ride- hailing and payments giant GoJek, to 10 years in prison for corruption.
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[2026-06-30 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence Dan Jarvis arrives for a cabinet meeting hosted by Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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[2026-06-30 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Voters in the western US state of Colorado will head to the polls this week in a round of primary elections that could influence the direction of the upcoming midterms in November.
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[2026-06-30 18:27 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A junior worker at big four accounting firm EY has been sacked after he and another man allegedly accessed the personal bank account of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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[2026-06-30 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Tuesday stood by the government's push to unify military academies into one single institution, calling it a "fundamental reform" that will help pool future cadets amid a demographic cliff and other changing trends.
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[2026-06-30 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- The government is considering the dispatch of a disaster relief team to quake-devastated Venezuela, on top of an earlier pledge of humanitarian aid, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-06-30 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: A mass migrant regularisation launched by Spain's leftist government in defiance of a growing European crackdown on irregular immigration ends on Tuesday, with the final hopefuls scrambling to secure their legal status.
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[2026-06-30 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Three people were arrested and three policemen were injured during a rallly in Quezon City on Tuesday calling for "transparency and accountability" in government, which also paralyzed traffic flow along EDSA.
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[2026-06-30 17:39 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Two men – including one who worked for EY – appear in court after being charged over accessing restricted data
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[2026-06-30 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In light of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) boycott, the Knesset plenum rejected in its first reading a bill to amend the Prisons Ordinance, Amendment No. 73, which sought to prevent representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross from entering detention facilities and to prohibit the transfer of information to the organization.
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[2026-06-30 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
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[2026-06-30 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group and SK Group vowed a combined investment of 896 trillion won (US$578 billion) in the southwest region, in line with the government's vision of pursuing shared growth in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, the industry ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-06-30 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-06-30 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For the past half century, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee – better known as Aipac – largely held sway in elections in both US mainstream political parties. They threatened and intimidated those who opposed them and, when a critic of Israel was defeated, they boasted of victory, holding it up for others as a lesson.
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[2026-06-30 16:47 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A north Queensland MP’s seat will be abolished for a third time, while a Labor leadership contender’s electorate will, on paper, flip to the LNP in an electoral map redraw the opposition has labelled “corrupted” by the Crisafulli government.
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[2026-06-30 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Latvia has announced confirmation its government has inked a new deal for Ukraine to assist in a Ukrainian drone manufacturing plant on Latvian soil, right near the border with Russia, as well as close to the Belarusian border.
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[2026-06-30 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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