Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-18 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The first woman president of OPEC and Nigeria's former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was cleared of bribery charges in a UK trial Wednesday, her defence lawyers said in a statement.
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[2026-06-18 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by John C. Eastman via The American Mind,
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[2026-06-18 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks dropped on speculation the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates this year to keep a lid on inflation.
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[2026-06-18 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that the United States should not interfere in his country’s upcoming presidential race, which is being held in October.
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[2026-06-18 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: If the stock market is a report card, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh isn't coming out of his first policy meeting with high marks.
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[2026-06-18 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, heads to India with a delegation of business leaders in July. (Source photos by Nikkei, Reuters)
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[2026-06-18 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about topics including politics and artificial intelligence, Monday, June 8, 2026, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-06-18 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh struck a more hawkish tone than many investors expected, underscoring his commitment to restoring price stability and signaling less appetite for easy monetary policy.
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[2026-06-18 05:54 UTC+10:00] [Andy Burnham] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Allies of Labour’s Makerfield candidate concerned rapid collapse of Starmer government would increase instability
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[2026-06-18 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-06-18 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The official seal of the Federal Trade Commission is seen on an office building in Washington, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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[2026-06-18 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Equatorial Guinea Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, second right, arrives to attend the Holy Mass with Pope Leo XIV at the Malabo Stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)
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[2026-06-18 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The left-wing Democrats Party announced on Wednesday that it had surpassed 75,000 members, setting a new membership record, and that it had decided on a date for its primaries to determine the party’s Knesset list ahead of the upcoming elections.
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[2026-06-18 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Deep skepticism regarding the US-Iran agreement is emerging among Hezbollah's opponents in Lebanon in light of a letter that Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem published on Tuesday showing appreciation to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf.
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[2026-06-18 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One day after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s dramatic declaration that he had “ended” dependence on the Hebron municipality regarding Jewish settlement in the city, the Higher Planning Council in the Civil Administration on Wednesday approved a series of construction plans in the West Bank for the first time without seeking approval from the Palestinian Hebron municipality.
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[2026-06-18 05:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Employers trying to stop staff working from home will need to prove it has a “significant” negative impact on business or is incompatible with their role under new laws introduced to parliament.
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[2026-06-18 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Recently we reported on the MLB's angry response to three San Francisco Giants players who scribbled bible verses across their "Pride Night" uniforms in a silent protest. The incident takes place in the midst of a rising tide of popular opposition to the woke movement's political authoritarianism. Gay pride has become synonymous with the liberal "cry-bully": Activists who try to assert social dominance over others then play the victim when people fight back.
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[2026-06-18 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is wavering after several officials at the Federal Reserve indicated they may raise interest rates before the end of the year.
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[2026-06-18 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks on a podcast hosted by Radio Nikkei. (Photo by Nikkei)
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[2026-06-18 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A former Nigerian oil minister has been cleared of taking bribes from wealthy oil executives in the form of luxury home stays and lavish spending sprees in the UK.
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[2026-06-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The release of secret parliamentary evidence has revealed that Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig has been accused of lying under oath by one of his own top public servants.
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[2026-06-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: June 18, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-06-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: June 18, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-06-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A national coalition of doctors, nurses and a pharmacy boss has spoken out against what it calls a lack of oversight of the rushed moves that have given pharmacists the power to prescribe medications, saying it puts patients at risk of complications.
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[2026-06-18 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gen. Wieslaw Kukula, the Polish armed forces chief of staff, right, and Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk, left, discuss strengthening security of Poland’s border, May, 27, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
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[2026-06-18 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Consumer Protection
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[2026-06-18 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Christopher F. Rufo & Austen Hufford via City Journal,
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[2026-06-18 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Bavarian Administrative Court of Appeal has given the local office of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency the green light to continue surveilling the state chapter of Alternative for Germany (AfD). The right-wing opposition party has consistently polled ahead of its mainstream rivals nationwide, despite facing pressure on both the federal and regional levels.
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[2026-06-18 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Bavarian Administrative Court of Appeal has given the local office of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency the green light to continue surveilling the state chapter of Alternative for Germany (AfD). The right-wing opposition party has consistently polled ahead of its mainstream rivals nationwide, despite facing pressure on both the federal and regional levels.
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[2026-06-18 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-06-18 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Federal Reserve held US interest rates between 3.5% and 3.75% after Kevin Warsh's first meeting in charge of the central bank.
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[2026-06-18 04:31 UTC+10:00] [Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In their first bilateral meeting in 16 months, US president only goes as far as calling commercial vessel operations ‘a rough profession’
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[2026-06-18 04:31 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It is the question that anchors – and unsettles – the new Afghanistan gallery at the Australian War Memorial, where the answers come not as resolution but as contradiction.
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[2026-06-18 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Federal Reserve's latest projections pointed to one rate increase in 2026, though the outlook was complicated by the absence of a forecast from Chairman Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-06-18 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Only a quarter of Iranians believe that the country enjoys a sense of justice and equality, according to the results of a survey published on Tuesday by Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister Seyyed Mohammad Bathaei.
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[2026-06-18 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El nuevo presidente de la Reserva Federal, Kevin Warsh, durante su juramentación en la Sala Este de la Casa Blanca, el viernes 22 de mayo de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-06-18 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least 250,000 British girls suffered sickening sexual abuse by Pakistani gangs, who were enabled by police, social workers, and even Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to commit “child rape on an industrial scale,” British MP Rupert Lowe’s ‘Rape Gang Report’ has detailed.
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[2026-06-18 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least 250,000 British girls suffered sickening sexual abuse by Pakistani gangs, who were enabled by police, social workers, and even Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to commit “child rape on an industrial scale,” British MP Rupert Lowe’s ‘Rape Gang Report’ has detailed.
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[2026-06-18 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement alone showed the Federal Reserve is entering a new era under Chairman Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-06-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior figures in Israel's defense establishment voiced frustration during a Security Cabinet meeting this week following the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran, arguing that the pressure campaign against Tehran was beginning to produce significant results.
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[2026-06-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as new chairman Kevin Warsh took the reins of an increasingly hawkish committee that is concerned with rising inflation exacerbated by the Iran war.
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[2026-06-18 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the fourth consecutive time, marking its first rate decision since new Chair Kevin Warsh took office last month, amid lingering concerns over the economic fallout of the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-06-18 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A Department of Justice (DOJ) special panel investigating the May 13 incident at the Senate is moving to identify individuals who may have helped Sen. Ronald de la Rosa evade arrest and is examining whether reported sniper fire formed part of a coordinated effort to facilitate his escape.
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[2026-06-18 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer's survival strategy has notched up yet again, with further defiant talk aimed at raising the political barrier as high as possible for his potential challengers to clear.
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[2026-06-18 03:31 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Keir Starmer is a decent man but that is not enough for a party that wants a good communicator. Step forward Andy …
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[2026-06-18 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape rules and standards around artificial intelligence at a meeting with tech leaders and heads of state, including President Donald Trump, CNBC has learned.
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[2026-06-18 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Keith Sonderling, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, appears before a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr., File)
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[2026-06-18 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. JV Ejercito was "instrumental" in the decision of Sens. Chiz Escudero and Joel Villanueva to defect to the majority bloc and end the power struggle in the Senate.
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[2026-06-18 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser has described a reported European Parliament inquiry into his contacts with Russian officials as “surreal,” arguing that the EU is targeting dialogue with Moscow while seeking a role in future Ukraine peace efforts.
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[2026-06-18 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser has described a reported European Parliament inquiry into his contacts with Russian officials as “surreal,” arguing that the EU is targeting dialogue with Moscow while seeking a role in future Ukraine peace efforts.
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