Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A backlash against the state and federal governments’ “evidence-based” teaching reforms is growing among teachers and academics, despite early claims they are raising test scores.
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[2026-05-29 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, denounced Iran's missile and drone attacks on Kuwait in a call with the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister.
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[2026-05-29 14:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Move over politicians. Dogs are running for office now, too, and competition is "ruff."
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[2026-05-29 14:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A public-private consultative body formed to discuss Korea’s long-debated holdback policy officially launched on Friday.
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[2026-05-29 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with new photo)
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[2026-05-29 14:31 UTC+10:00] [Philippine Elections] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: TOKYO, Japan — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has categorically denied claims made by his sister, Sen. Imee Marcos, that he is pushing a no-election scenario in 2028, adding that the senator should “fire” her staff who gave her that wrong information.
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[2026-05-29 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: After making history at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by becoming the first-ever African and Arab nation to reach the semi-finals in the competition, Morocco head to North America this summer with a new coach, a reimagined squad, higher expectations, against tricky opposition.
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[2026-05-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Spain led the opposition to Trump’s Iran war, but on the Cuba blockade, the challenge is absent
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[2026-05-29 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts say move to withhold increments from bottom 10 per cent of underperformers will have limited impact, noting over third of staff already reached maximum pay scale
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[2026-05-29 13:55 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts say move to withhold increments from bottom 10 per cent of underperformers will have limited impact, noting over third of staff already reached maximum pay scale
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[2026-05-29 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung and first lady Kim Hea Kyung visited a neighborhood community center near Cheong Wa Dae on Friday to cast their ballots in early voting for the upcoming local elections.
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[2026-05-29 13:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, not seen, give a joint news conference at the F16 air flotilla in Uppsala, Sweden, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
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[2026-05-29 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Makati City government on Friday announced the rollout of P356.48 million worth of mid-year cash incentives for more than 59,000 Blu Card holders, with qualified senior citizens starting to receive their P6,000 benefits through GCash.
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[2026-05-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government announced Friday a series of measures to strengthen its private sector cybersecurity response systems.
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[2026-05-29 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES lead; ADDS more info in paras 3-4, photos)
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[2026-05-29 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Royal Commissions
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[2026-05-29 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase control of Gaza to 70%.
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[2026-05-29 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The government on Friday posthumously awarded the order of national security merit to four Navy officers who were killed in a fatal maritime patrol aircraft crash during training last year, the Navy said.
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[2026-05-29 12:07 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 12:03 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The government will extend active support for the electrical equipment industry to keep the sector's strong export momentum fueled by the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom, the trade minister said Friday.
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[2026-05-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Declassified] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column.
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[2026-05-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [career] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — “Across the country, the Conservatives are coming back,” declared a beaming opposition leader Kemi Badenoch earlier this month — after her party lost 801 council members in England, 19 seats in Scotland and 22 in Wales.
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[2026-05-29 11:59 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In his new role as director of the Greens’ think-tank, Max Chandler-Mather argues that the major political parties and parts of the media often limit policy debate – which, on issues such as housing and wealth inequality, shuts down real alternatives to the status quo.
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[2026-05-29 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-29 11:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Thursday designated two well-known Brazilian crime groups, the so-called Red Command (CV) and First Capital Command (PCC), as terrorist organizations, despite opposition from Brasilia.
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[2026-05-29 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Media insiders say Japan’s press is rarely overtly repressed, but access pressures and newsroom caution still shape what gets reported
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[2026-05-29 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Eritrea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Media insiders say Japan’s press is rarely overtly repressed, but access pressures and newsroom caution still shape what gets reported
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[2026-05-29 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal prosecutors have indicted ex-Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on additional charges in connection with a sports gambling sting, alleging he took a hefty bribe to exit a game early in March 2023.
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[2026-05-29 11:06 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Police and Brisbane City Council officers have moved in on First Nations protesters who are camping in Victoria Park in opposition to the planned Olympic stadium, with at least two arrests so far.
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[2026-05-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump’s latest vanity project would require changing law that prohibits any living person from appearing on US currency – key US politics stories from Thursday 28 May
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[2026-05-29 10:58 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Case involving June 2025 protest is escalation in Trump officials’ attack on first amendment rights, say experts
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[2026-05-29 10:55 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy look at whether the Iran war, a new $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund and Donald Trump’s intervention in Republican primaries is turning his own party against him. They also look at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert going off air, and whether it signals the end of American political satire
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[2026-05-29 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-05-29 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-29 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Abraham Bonowitz, executive director of Death Penalty Action, and other death penalty opponents hold a demonstration outside the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, asking the state to call off the scheduled execution of Alan Miller in what would be the nation’s second execution using nitrogen gas.
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[2026-05-29 10:35 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Delhi Gymkhana Club has attracted the attention of Narendra Modi’s government. It is now suddenly under threat
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[2026-05-29 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government has proposed HK$4.6 billion lifeline for operator after years of losses amid changing business environment
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[2026-05-29 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Commerce and Economic Development Bureau] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government has proposed HK$4.6 billion lifeline for operator after years of losses amid changing business environment
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[2026-05-29 10:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Police on Friday raided the offices of the Seoul city government and others involved in the demolition of an overpass in western Seoul that partially collapsed earlier this week.
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[2026-05-29 10:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back was set to depart for Singapore on Friday to attend an annual security forum, where he is expected to highlight South Korea's defense policy and hold a series of bilateral meetings with counterparts of key partner nations.
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[2026-05-29 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The government will amend existing policies to encourage South Korean companies operating overseas to return home as part of efforts to boost the country's industrial base amid the rise of global trade protectionism, the industry ministry said Friday.
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