Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-28 21:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality will start this week its investigation on the Tacloban school shooting incident as some sectors sought to further amend the juvenile justice law.
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[2026-06-28 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Sunday invited Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member states and Iran to an eight-party meeting in Baghdad, focusing on regional security, de-escalation and economic co-operation.
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[2026-06-28 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Supreme Court is expected to wrap up its current term in the coming days, with several major cases still pending, including three involving US President Donald Trump's far-reaching assertion of presidential powers, two important election-related cases, and one involving a crackdown by states on transgender athletes.
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[2026-06-28 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A crown was blown off an ancient column in a UNESCO-listed site in Lebanon's port city of Tyre. A pilgrimage site for Muslims and Christians alike was destroyed in another southern town. Israeli strikes hit the Mamluk-era market in the city of Nabatieh.
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[2026-06-28 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
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[2026-06-28 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Workers’ Party chief defeated a challenge from 25 cadre members demanding his resignation for breaching its constitution
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[2026-06-28 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Raeesah Khan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Workers’ Party chief defeated a challenge from 25 cadre members demanding his resignation for breaching its constitution
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[2026-06-28 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli government voted on Sunday to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, following a resolution proposal put forth by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar late last week.
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[2026-06-28 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US-Iran framework agreement should not be mistaken for the end of a long conflict or for a settled regional security arrangement. It is better understood as a political truce: an attempt to halt the slide towards a wider war and create space for something more durable.
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[2026-06-28 19:32 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Marco Rubio is scrambling to provide effective disaster response to country whose president US deposed in January
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[2026-06-28 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has nominated Oklahoma law enforcement veteran Lance Schroyer to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency at the center of the administration’s controversial crackdown on immigrants. If confirmed, he would become ICE’s first permanent director in nearly a decade.
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[2026-06-28 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called on the United States to stop Israel from attacking Lebanon.
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[2026-06-28 19:14 UTC+10:00] [Prince Harry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Duke reportedly fears his children will not get to meet king after government declines request for police protection
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[2026-06-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of the world’s most respected economic institutions has warned the AI boom powering the Australian and global economy could create an international recession with the technology obliterating middle-class jobs along the way.
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[2026-06-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The union boss greenlighted by the Victorian Labor government to wield huge control over the Big Build vouched in court for a major drug trafficker on two separate occasions before installing him at the helm of a major Big Build firm – only for the criminal to be busted and jailed again.
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[2026-06-28 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Strait of Hormuz is under total Iranian control.
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[2026-06-28 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS finance minister's remarks in last 4 paras)
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[2026-06-28 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul government lodged a strong protest Sunday with China and Russia over their military planes' unauthorized entry into South Korea's air defense zone the previous day, Seoul's defense ministry said.
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[2026-06-28 18:28 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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[2026-06-28 18:25 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-28 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BAGHDAD (AP) — Several Iraqi political officials were arrested early Sunday on corruption charges, Iraq’s state-run Iraqi News Agency reported.
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[2026-06-28 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It is not possible to wholeheartedly support a move made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even when the need arises to praise it, such as the agreement signed over the weekend with the Lebanese government.
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[2026-06-28 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Finance (DOF) is bringing one of its flagship projects – the Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations’ (GOCCs) Service Caravan to Cagayan de Oro (CDO) to help residents and nearby communities immediately access essential government services.
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[2026-06-28 17:41 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Crocodile Dundee was held up by the One Nation leader as an exemplar of ‘Australian monoculture’. Hoges had other ideas
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[2026-06-28 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A High Court of Justice panel on Sunday heard arguments on the issue of the controversial vote for State Comptroller, after the Knesset last week rejected a court proposal to hold a re-election.
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[2026-06-28 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraqi security forces carried out raids overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Baghdad’s storied Green Zone in the heart of the capital, as footage showed armored vehicles and members of the elite Counter-Terrorism Service carrying out the raids.
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[2026-06-28 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMID the increasing cases of violence in schools, Senate President Win Gatchalian pressed the need for the Department of Education or DepEd to accelerate the hiring of school counselor associates for public schools.
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[2026-06-28 17:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Polls have opened in New Caledonia for its first provincial elections since 2019, with a heavy police presence at voting stations on the French-ruled Pacific archipelago.
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[2026-06-28 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The significance of the Filipino electorate was underscored during the forum by businessman Mar Masilungan, who described Filipino voters as the CNMI's "swing vote" and urged candidates to maintain an open dialogue with the community beyond the election campaign.
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[2026-06-28 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) issued a strong call to government duty bearers, corporations and the Filipino public to end the escalating pattern of corporate intimidation, ecological destruction and legal harassment targeting environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) across the country.
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[2026-06-28 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is heading to Iraq on Sunday, according to semi-official regime media outlet Mehr News Agency, citing Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.
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[2026-06-28 16:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The proliferation of suppression orders in the justice system is being reviewed by the Allan government amid widespread concerns they are being applied too frequently, particularly on mental health grounds.
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[2026-06-28 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers of Samsung Biologics on Sunday voted in favor of a motion to leave a group-wide labor coalition representing workers across Samsung affiliates.
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[2026-06-28 16:09 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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[2026-06-28 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Nationalisation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In the first of a series on nationalisation, we look at the critical tests ahead for the PM-in-waiting, from choosing a chancellor to the future of Thames Water
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[2026-06-28 15:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's foreign minister Abbas Aragchi on Sunday morning left for Baghdad, where he will exchange views with senior Iraqi officials on bilateral relations and regional and international developments, IRNA reported.
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[2026-06-28 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- Rival political parties were united in their criticism of the national football governing body on Sunday in light of the country's elimination at the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
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[2026-06-28 15:33 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has issued a defence of two ministers facing questions in their portfolios and beyond, as a police probe into another drags into its second month without a public update.
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[2026-06-28 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, will visit India from June 30 and hold talks with her counterpart, Narendra Modi. (Source photos by Ken Suzuki and Reuters)
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[2026-06-28 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, will visit India from June 30 and hold talks with her counterpart, Narendra Modi. (Source photos by Ken Suzuki and Reuters)
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[2026-06-28 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraqi security forces carried out a series of overnight arrests inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, detaining an undisclosed number of current and former officials in what sources described as part of an escalating anti-corruption campaign led by Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi.
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[2026-06-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Political entanglements and ideological schisms have left the pioneering Liberal Islam Network in disarray
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[2026-06-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [CokroTV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Political entanglements and ideological schisms have left the pioneering Liberal Islam Network in disarray
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[2026-06-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Economic policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With a new prime minister incoming, Labour faces a fundamental question about its economic vision
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[2026-06-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The mayor hopes to ‘write a new chapter in the party’s history’ – and recent democratic socialist wins prove he might be able to do it
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[2026-06-28 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- The government will seek to lower the age threshold for minors in "violent criminal cases" to address concerns over rising crime rates among those in their early teens, sources said Sunday.
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[2026-06-28 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out the possibility of a Palestinian state if he returns to power in the upcoming elections in Israel.
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[2026-06-28 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Half a century after a bruising naval defeat, Pakistan is signalling it can again challenge India on its eastern flank
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[2026-06-28 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Abdul Moiz Khan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Half a century after a bruising naval defeat, Pakistan is signalling it can again challenge India on its eastern flank
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[2026-06-28 13:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the framework agreement with Lebanon as a "historic accomplishment" and a "massive blow to Iran and Hezbollah".
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