Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-29 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observers say the appeal of alternative religious communities cannot be addressed by bans and rehabilitation classes alone
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[2026-05-29 18:24 UTC+10:00] [Ahli Sunnah Waljamaah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observers say the appeal of alternative religious communities cannot be addressed by bans and rehabilitation classes alone
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[2026-05-29 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES paras 3-4; CHANGES photos)
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[2026-05-29 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Canada is not only going the way of Europe with the country's draconian speech laws, it is in many ways surpassing the suppression and censorship across the Atlantic. The speed at which the population is being robbed of their freedoms is staggering, and much of this is being done through backdoor bureaucracy.
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[2026-05-29 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Court Ordered Mental Health Treatment
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[2026-05-29 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to expand its control of Gaza to 70 per cent of the Palestinian territory.
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[2026-05-29 17:52 UTC+10:00] [Westminster bubble] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: POLITICO’s weekly political series lifting the curtain on how Westminster really works.
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[2026-05-29 17:50 UTC+10:00] [Victorian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Allan government negotiating with crossbench MPs after the Coalition indicated it would not support the proposed $10,000 donation cap
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[2026-05-29 17:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 29 May 2026 at 5:43pm
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[2026-05-29 17:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said he watched "with horror" the recent controversies surrounding the Senate as the issues are becoming "personal."
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[2026-05-29 17:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-29 17:37 UTC+10:00] [Japanese parliament] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Once the fee changes are rolled out later this year, the upper limit will be set at US$630 for visa renewals
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[2026-05-29 17:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Containers placed by the Thai army block a border road to Cambodia, near Nong Chan in Sa Kaeo province, in May. Thailand's military is strengthening its control over a disputed border area . (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-05-29 17:36 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warnings from domestic spy agency ASIO for politicians not to have sensitive conversations while driving have prompted an opposition call for a security review into whether Chinese electric vehicles should remain on the list of taxpayer-funded cars available to parliamentarians.
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[2026-05-29 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Doha, Qatar – Thumping his fist on a lectern, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a direct challenge to the leaders of Pakistan.
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[2026-05-29 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arsenal players celebrate their Premier League title with the trophy after the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Arsenal in London, England, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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[2026-05-29 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- Veterans Minister Kwon Oh-eul said Friday he believes Starbucks Korea should face sanctions over the recent controversial marketing campaign associated with the May 18 Gwangju democratization movement, saying it was not the result of an "individual deviation," but a company-level marketing scheme.
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[2026-05-29 17:12 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-29 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with quotes from culture minister, background info in para 3; ADDS name of consultative body in 2nd para, photo)By Shim Sun-ah
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[2026-05-29 17:08 UTC+10:00] [Tony Abbott] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former prime minister elected Liberal party president on Friday after running unopposed
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[2026-05-29 17:07 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Racing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Premier jockey James McDonald hopes for a fairer, drying track at Eagle Farm on Saturday for Fangirl as he chases a potentially record-breaking group 1 victory on the $10.7 million-earner in the twilight of her career.
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[2026-05-29 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: David Raya has won the Premier League with Arsenal and European Championship with Spain after starting out with a loan spell at Southport
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[2026-05-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regulators are moving to tighten oversight of brokerage research, aligning assessment criteria more closely with policy goals
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[2026-05-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [China Securities Regulatory Commission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regulators are moving to tighten oversight of brokerage research, aligning assessment criteria more closely with policy goals
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[2026-05-29 16:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the Liberal Party needs to gain hundreds of thousands of new members and position itself as the “patriot party”, in his first public comments as the Liberal Party’s new federal president.
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[2026-05-29 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-05-29 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan on Friday called for active reinvestment of profits earned by the booming semiconductor industry in a bid to make South Korea a global power in the artificial intelligence (AI) era.
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[2026-05-29 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett and current opposition leader Yair Lapid's Together Party experienced a sharp drop in support this week, reaching just 22 seats, a decline of 6 from its peak, according to a Ma’ariv poll published Friday.
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[2026-05-29 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 3-4)
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[2026-05-29 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the bloc’s chairmanship is a plus point, Manila needs to overcome accessibility challenges to attract more regional tourists
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[2026-05-29 16:32 UTC+10:00] [Manila] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the bloc’s chairmanship is a plus point, Manila needs to overcome accessibility challenges to attract more regional tourists
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[2026-05-29 16:29 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A labour hire company linked to criminals and drug traffickers which secured Victorian government funding and a major contract on Australia’s biggest federal government-backed wind farm has had its licence torn up after authorities discovered it was also secretly managed by a violent murderer.
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[2026-05-29 16:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreigners owned more than 108,000 homes in South Korea at the end of 2025, with Chinese nationals accounting for more than half of all foreign-owned properties, government data showed Friday.
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[2026-05-29 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-29 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES paras 3-5; ADDS photo)
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[2026-05-29 16:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Early voting for next week’s local elections and parliamentary by-elections began Friday at 3,571 polling stations nationwide.
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[2026-05-29 16:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [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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[2026-05-29 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane will aim to win back disaffected voters who have abandoned the Coalition by arguing the state’s massive infrastructure pipeline has stalled under Premier Chris Minns’s Labor government, while vowing to offer an optimistic campaign vision in the lead-up to the NSW election in March.
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[2026-05-29 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Germany’s Left Party is pushing for a major overhaul of the German electoral system by proposing that foreign residents without a German passport be granted voting rights after five years of legal residency.
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[2026-05-29 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia will hold general elections on June 1, 2026, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s governing Prosperity Party (PP) widely expected to secure a decisive victory.
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[2026-05-29 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead to reflect defense chief's departure)By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-05-29 15:37 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Four development areas in Brisbane and Logan, including controversial skyscrapers on the river in South Brisbane, will be fast-tracked by the state government in a move they say will deliver 5000 new homes in the next three years.
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[2026-05-29 15:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Bioscience plans to expedite the late-stage clinical trial of its pneumococcus vaccine by leveraging a 300 billion won ($200 million) government fund.
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[2026-05-29 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will prioritize policies to speed up housing supply and address volatility in the property market while tackling speculative trading, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-05-29 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Olympian and long-suffering Saints supporter Chris Shinners has one thing on his mind as he catches a glimpse of the MCG on a crisp autumn afternoon.
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[2026-05-29 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mexico’s lower house has approved a constitutional amendment to allow the nullification of elections in cases of foreign interference, a measure critics say could undermine confidence in the electoral process and create new avenues for contesting legitimate results.
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[2026-05-29 15:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-29 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and administration officials are pressing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), the office responsible for printing money, to design a USD 250 bill featuring Trump's portrait, the Washington Post reported, citing four White House employees.
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[2026-05-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- Foreign investors net purchased 22.7 trillion won (US$15.1 billion) worth of South Korean Treasury bonds since the country began the phased inclusion in the World Government Bond Index (WGBI), a key global bond benchmark operated by FTSE Russell, the finance ministry said Friday.
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