Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 3, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-08-03 04:38 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 3, 2026 04:38 | News
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[2026-08-03 04:16 UTC+10:00] [Immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister says UK needs to ‘bring back that control’ and safe routes for refugees are necessary to tackle trafficking
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[2026-08-03 04:09 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 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a news conference at the stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, a day before the opening FIFA World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
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[2026-08-03 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media,
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[2026-08-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was prohibited from using crocodiles to secure terrorists in prisons by the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg met with Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Sunday, ahead of the elections set for October 27. They stressed the importance of safeguarding the integrity of the electoral process.
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[2026-08-03 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jonathan Turley,
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[2026-08-03 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's negotiations with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said, according to the IRNA news agency.
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[2026-08-03 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who was killed during the Entebbe hostage rescue mission 50 years ago.
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[2026-08-03 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a visit to the Andaraí Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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[2026-08-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s media company will start charging for special access to his Truth Social posts, which could affect national security matters and financial markets.
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[2026-08-03 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAO PAULO, Brazil — President Lula on Sunday launched his bid for re-election, casting himself as a defender of Brazil's "sovereignty" as pressure from Donald Trump's administration casts a shadow over the campaign.
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[2026-08-03 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Here he goes again. US President Donald Trump is increasing and decreasing tariffs willy-nilly, violating international agreements that he himself signed and almost surely violating federal law. The only difference this time is that he has a new pretext for abusing tariffs: stopping forced labor.
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[2026-08-03 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Universal Health Care (UHC) continues to anchor the government’s healthcare agenda, with expanded access to preventive care, affordable medicines and financial protection forming the core of ongoing reforms. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reaffirmed these priorities during his State of the Nation Address, highlighting programs aimed at making healthcare more accessible to millions of Filipinos.
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[2026-08-03 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: When Atty. Gil G. Taway IV took over the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) in October 2023, part of the agency’s main government complex was still being used by a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO).
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[2026-08-03 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WE again write to dispel yet another malevolent attack by Rigoberto Tiglao against Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, in his July 31, 2026 column, this time insinuating — again, without basis — that the increase in Senator Lacson’s net worth was linked, among other things, to brokering the land for the new Senate building.
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[2026-08-03 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Andy Burnham has pledged his government will be "relentless" in curbing the number of people arriving in the UK on small boats.
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[2026-08-03 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Sunday reviewed efforts to boost regional security and stability in a phone call with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah.
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[2026-08-03 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One expert described Nationals leader Matt Canavan’s claim of land used for clean energy as ‘plain wrong and plain silly’
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[2026-08-03 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Queensland politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Experts say new power to bypass conservation and planning regulations are incredibly broad and could let the state effectively fast-track any project it wants
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[2026-08-03 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three months away from election day here in Israel, we, as a community, need to think seriously about what we want our leadership to represent and how we want our government to function.
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[2026-08-03 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Unusual movement of US troops and equipment has been observed in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in recent days, raising questions about whether the US-led anti-ISIS coalition is beginning an early drawdown ahead of its planned exit next month.
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[2026-08-03 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama. (Source photos by Reuters, Nikkei)
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[2026-08-03 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel is at the heart of Washington’s long-running tensions with Colombia and its outgoing President Gustavo Petro, Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio has told RT.
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[2026-08-03 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen also said he sees the need for Israel to control all of the enclave. Now, it controls about 70 per cent
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[2026-08-03 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Eli Cohen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen also said he sees the need for Israel to control all of the enclave. Now, it controls about 70 per cent
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[2026-08-03 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The national property market is in its deepest downturn since the Albanese government came to office as interest rates, high cost of living and the May budget’s changes to property taxes combine to wipe thousands of dollars off property values.
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[2026-08-03 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It’s the helping hand that surprised even the Reserve Bank.
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[2026-08-03 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Global tech giants have sandbagged their wider revenue streams but face losing a larger share of their advertising income under the federal government’s plan to force them into funding Australian journalism.
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[2026-08-02 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for the construction of three new Israeli settlements along the northern fence of Gaza.
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[2026-08-02 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for the construction of three new Israeli settlements along the northern fence of Gaza.
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[2026-08-02 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Sunday said he may consider visiting Taguig City, the political bailiwick of Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, once the flood control program there is properly implemented and devoid of corruption.
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[2026-08-02 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Appearing on political commentator Hasan Piker’s streaming program on Friday, author and political scientist Norman Finkelstein discussed the central arguments of his new book, Gaza's Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places, while challenging official accounts of the October 7, 2023, attacks.
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[2026-08-02 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Michigan, the swing state the President Donald Trump won twice and home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the US, is once again at the centre of the country's politics.
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[2026-08-02 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US political lobbying] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history
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[2026-08-02 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) met with Malaysia's Minister of Human Resources YB Dato Sri Ramanan Ramakrishnan.
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[2026-08-02 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Cyberattacks on municipal water systems were reported in at least seven states this week, according to a joint public service announcement from the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency - and in some cases, the agencies say, the malicious activity actually degraded water operations. The feds declined to name the states.
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[2026-08-02 22:42 UTC+10:00] [Immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A joint written submission has been presented to the Irish parliament's Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade by the Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA) and UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), raising significant legal challenges regarding proposed trade legislation.
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been reported to a standards watchdog following his recent public remarks concerning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-08-02 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Ghana Premier League] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Antoine Semenyo had been discarded by four of London’s big clubs by the age of 15, but he never gave up. City paid £65 million for him
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[2026-08-02 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Motorists avoiding high-priced petrol are upending the nation’s car market, with half of all new vehicles sold over the past three months either EVs or hybrids.
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[2026-08-02 22:25 UTC+10:00] [Crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Hungary faces “the most critical five days” ahead as a record drought in Central Europe has forced Budapest to shut down a nuclear power plant that generates 40 percent of the country’s electricity, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Sunday issued a clarification defending his recent remarks on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying he did not call for the resignation of public officials based on personal beliefs but on their obligation to uphold existing laws and government policy.
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