Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-03 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: DAP chief Anthony Loke’s defeat in Chennah, which he has represented for 13 years, is a big blow to the ruling coalition’s largest party
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[2026-08-03 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: DAP chief Anthony Loke’s defeat in Chennah, which he has represented for 13 years, is a big blow to the ruling coalition’s largest party
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[2026-08-03 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry on Monday launched a new security support unit to oversee internal military security, as part of a sweeping overhaul following the disbandment of its counterintelligence unit long dogged by criticism over its political influence.
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[2026-08-03 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A range of stories feature on Monday's front pages. "Police warn early release will force patrol cuts," reads the headline of the Daily Telegraph. It reports a senior officer is suggesting there will be fewer neighbourhood officers as the government's early release of some inmates in England and Wales creates extra pressure for forces.
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[2026-08-03 10:39 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former rugby league player turned TikTok influencer tells parliamentary inquiry his spiralling addiction to gambling cost him about $1m
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[2026-08-03 10:19 UTC+10:00] [Special Coverages] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — On the 11th day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the prosecution will present Roderick Wamil, former state auditor of the Commission on Audit’s Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office (COA-ICFAO), whose testimony centers on the government’s audit procedures for confidential funds.
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[2026-08-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Chinese government bond futures set for Monday trading debut, exchange reports ‘very positive response’ from ‘wide range’ of investors
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[2026-08-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Chinese government bond futures set for Monday trading debut, exchange reports ‘very positive response’ from ‘wide range’ of investors
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[2026-08-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila likes the look of Kyiv’s low-cost drones, but adapting battlefield tech to grey-zone sea stand-offs won’t be easy
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[2026-08-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila likes the look of Kyiv’s low-cost drones, but adapting battlefield tech to grey-zone sea stand-offs won’t be easy
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[2026-08-03 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-03 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-03 09:33 UTC+10:00] [Washington state] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Wildfires in and around Spokane have stretched ability of federal and local agencies to fight blazes
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[2026-08-03 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s emphasis on hi-tech self-sufficiency and balanced trade also provides a clear road map for the Hong Kong government
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[2026-08-03 09:15 UTC+10:00] [recovery] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s emphasis on hi-tech self-sufficiency and balanced trade also provides a clear road map for the Hong Kong government
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[2026-08-03 09:10 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A former high-profile Liberal who quit after suing her own party and the inner-city animator behind Pauline Hanson’s controversial “anti-woke” movie are among eight Victorian upper house candidates One Nation will formally unveil on Monday.
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[2026-08-03 09:10 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A substantial police presence has greeted protesters seeking to express their dissatisfaction with Pauline Hanson at a One Nation party fundraiser, just hours after the party unveiled its upper house candidates for the upcoming Victorian election.
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[2026-08-03 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-03 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Ben Sellers via Headline USA,
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[2026-08-03 08:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia’s government watchdog is investigating whether police acted appropriately in their dealings with Virginia Giuffre before her death last April.
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[2026-08-03 08:18 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s holding off delivering new strikes on Iran, after Tehran and other Middle Eastern powers told him they’re working on an agreement that might quickly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-03 08:07 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.K. government has more than doubled the number of crime agency officers deployed to combat human smuggling in the past 18 months as it steps up efforts to stop the gangs behind illegal migration.
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[2026-08-03 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz stated his intention to appoint current IDF Manpower Directorate Chief Maj.-Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa as the new head of the IDF’s Central Command during a live interview with Channel 14’s “The Patriots” on Sunday night.
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[2026-08-03 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A support group for political prisoners on Sunday accused the Philippine justice system of applying a “double standard” after former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. was granted bail while elderly and seriously ill political prisoners, including 77-year-old Vicente “Vic” Ladlad, remain behind bars after years of detention without conviction.
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[2026-08-03 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-03 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud discussed efforts to de-escalate regional tensions in a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart, the Saudi foreign ministry said on X.
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[2026-08-03 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While more communication between the Legislative Council and the government is welcome, what matters most are outcomes that improve Hongkongers’ lives
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[2026-08-03 07:30 UTC+10:00] [John Lee] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While more communication between the Legislative Council and the government is welcome, what matters most are outcomes that improve Hongkongers’ lives
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[2026-08-03 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Democrats spent months navigating the endless Graham Platner scandals in Maine, before credible rape allegations finally forced him out. Republicans got their own Platner-esque scandal of their own this week in Ohio.
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[2026-08-03 07:23 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 3 August 2026 7:23am
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[2026-08-03 07:20 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fuel excise cut, which was imposed after outbreak of Iran conflict, ended at midnight on Monday. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-08-03 07:05 UTC+10:00] [Restore Britain] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lowe says the two should put ‘personalities and our past disagreements aside for good of the country’
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[2026-08-03 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
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[2026-08-03 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is set to announce as early as Monday that Tokyo and Washington are coordinating on steps in the foreign exchange market to curb the yen’s weakness, a person familiar with the situation told Bloomberg.
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[2026-08-03 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Maduro, who is imprisoned in New York, made the remarks ahead of the meeting between Venezuela’s interim government and opposition leaders
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[2026-08-03 06:40 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Maduro, who is imprisoned in New York, made the remarks ahead of the meeting between Venezuela’s interim government and opposition leaders
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[2026-08-03 06:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s government has recently raised its economic growth forecast for this year sharply to 3 percent from 2 percent, citing booming semiconductor exports and the effects of an earlier supplementary budget. If realized, the economy would record its strongest annual expansion since the post-COVID-19 pandemic rebound in 2021, when gross domestic product grew by 4.7 percent.
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[2026-08-03 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have agreed to work towards restoring relations, which were severed after the Dominican Republic criticised the re-election of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as fraudulent.
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[2026-08-03 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-08-03 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held a top-tier "Q" security clearance at the Department of Energy from 2014 to 2021 - though the DOE didn't grant it. Another federal agency vetted him first, and the letter confirming the clearance doesn't say which one.
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[2026-08-03 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Dearborn, Michigan – “Down with AIPAC,” the crowd chanted at a campaign rally for Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed in a suburb of Detroit.
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[2026-08-03 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Reproductive Technology
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[2026-08-03 05:50 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-03 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a coalition of victims' families don’t want New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani anywhere near the ceremony marking the anniversary at Ground Zero.
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[2026-08-03 05:36 UTC+10:00] [Gianni Infantino] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: European nations to withdraw letters of support for Fifa president
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[2026-08-03 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The deepening rift between leadership factions of the erstwhile rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is fueling communal violence that threatens the peaceful conduct of the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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[2026-08-03 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Christopher F. Rufo, Austen Hufford via Christopher Rufo's Substack,
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[2026-08-03 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s foreign minister says negotiations with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz are entering their “final stages”, as Tehran insists the vital waterway will never return to its pre-war status.
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[2026-08-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There will be up to twice the number of planned homes in Parramatta’s CBD over the next two decades under the state government’s “ad hoc” housing shortlist process, prompting the council to warn Sydney’s second CBD will end up squeezed for commercial space and miss out on jobs.
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[2026-08-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Tony Abbott, the Liberal Party president and close ally of Opposition Leader Angus Taylor, has accused the Independent Commission Against Corruption of overstepping its remit by becoming involved in an “internal party squabble”.
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