Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-28 18:41 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Senior federal public servants say discussions are underway to explore possible guidelines and codes of conduct preventing arts funding supporting antisemitism or racial vilification.
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[2026-05-28 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A politically charged third-round performance by Filipino rap battle emcee M-Zhayt against fellow emcee Plaridhel has gone viral online, after his bars criticizing disinformation, blind political loyalty, and Duterte-era killings ignited heated debate across Philippine social media.
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[2026-05-28 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A politically charged third-round performance by Filipino rap battle emcee M-Zhayt against fellow emcee Plaridhel has gone viral online, after his bars criticizing disinformation, blind political loyalty, and Duterte-era killings ignited heated debate across Philippine social media.
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[2026-05-28 18:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-28 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The adrenaline must not have worn off after Wednesday’s State of Origin classic when MPs rolled into question time.
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[2026-05-28 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Vietnamese President To Lam, left, and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul prepare to attend a news conference at Government House in Bangkok on May 28. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-05-28 18:07 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Nationals politician James Hayward has launched legal action against the WA Legislative Council, seeking almost $750,000 after he was disqualified from the house following a conviction for child sex offences in 2023.
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[2026-05-28 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court of Justice to intervene in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appointment of Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman as the next Mossad chief, arguing that the senior appointments committee’s renewed approval of him still cannot be relied upon.
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[2026-05-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol on Thursday vowed to foster the cosmetics industry as a new export engine for the country in line with the global popularity of South Korean products.
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[2026-05-28 17:59 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett says she is determined to find out who leaked details of the pending arrest of high-profile former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith at Sydney Airport last month, declaring the leaker should face consequences if identified.
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[2026-05-28 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Rival parties ramped up their campaigns to win over voters in key battlegrounds Thursday, one day before the start of early voting for the June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections.
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[2026-05-28 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Thursday proposed an initiative led by the European Union (EU) to help the two Koreas resume dialogue and cross-border exchanges that have remained frozen for years.
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[2026-05-28 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with the delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula from the European Parliament on Thursday to address concerns over the European Union's (EU) trade protectionist measures, including stronger steel safeguards and a bill aimed at promoting made in EU products, Yeo's office said.
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[2026-05-28 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Domestic Violence
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[2026-05-28 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Political Donations
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[2026-05-28 17:27 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The long-running case between Jewish man Ofir Birenbaum and Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway returns to federal court
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[2026-05-28 17:26 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gavan Reynolds cites ‘commercial-in-confidence nature of the contract’ in declining to answer Greens senator’s question in parliament
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[2026-05-28 17:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kim Jung-kwan highlights tariff pact, export surge, industrial restructuring in first-year assessment
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[2026-05-28 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac met with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Thursday and discussed the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, while also sharing views on the ongoing Middle East conflict.
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[2026-05-28 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-05-28 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lin withdrew from the board of the Taiwan Creative Content Agency after backlash from the island’s arts community and Beijing
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[2026-05-28 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lin withdrew from the board of the Taiwan Creative Content Agency after backlash from the island’s arts community and Beijing
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[2026-05-28 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The government has received a record amount of dividends from state-invested companies this year, the finance ministry said Thursday, led mostly by three major state-run banks.
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[2026-05-28 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-05-28 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Officials close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are in advanced stages of disqualifying the United Arab List (Ra’am) and its chair, Mansour Abbas, from running in the next elections, according to a report from Channel 13.
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[2026-05-28 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The event passed with little fanfare in the international media. The European Union held its first ever event to honor laureates of the European Order of Merit, meant to honor influential political and social figures who made significant contributions to the "integration" of the EU experiment.
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[2026-05-28 16:31 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday proclaimed Elmer Catulpos as the new representative of 1Tahanan party-list in the 20th Congress, following the resignation of its first nominee.
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[2026-05-28 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The government has established a meeting of ministers related to data production and management to make it a decision-making body on related issues so as to promote cooperation and coordinate interests between ministries and improve policy consistence, Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The government will expand the proportion of those majoring in artificial intelligence, science and engineering among foreign students studying in South Korea on an official development assistance (ODA) scholarship program, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A 59-year-old American fugitive wanted in the United States for child molestation charges was arrested in Pangasinan by operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) as part of the government’s intensified campaign against foreign sex offenders hiding in the country.
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[2026-05-28 16:24 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Member for Perth John Carey says a potential amalgamation between the City of Perth and the City of Vincent is impossible until a change of leadership occurs, describing the ongoing issues at the Perth council as the “legacy” of current state opposition leader and former Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.
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[2026-05-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The metal is down nearly 20 per cent from its all-time high in January as investors focus on the Federal Reserve’s plans to combat inflation
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[2026-05-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [gold] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The metal is down nearly 20 per cent from its all-time high in January as investors focus on the Federal Reserve’s plans to combat inflation
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[2026-05-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A Filipino was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a US federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands after admitting to a scheme that fraudulently secured work permits for undocumented migrants in the US territory.
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[2026-05-28 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in bottom 3 paras)By Kim Na-young
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[2026-05-28 16:13 UTC+10:00] [The West Report] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: by Michael West | May 28, 2026 | The West Report
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[2026-05-28 16:12 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A second senior NSW government minister has been suspended from parliament as Premier Chris Minns’ government faces growing accusations of secrecy by a rebellious upper house.
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[2026-05-28 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hernán López, exdirector general de Fox International Channels, sale de una corte federal en Brooklyn el 27 de mayo de 2026 (AP Foto/Larry Neumeister)
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[2026-05-28 16:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Over 3,500 polling stations nationwide open Friday as the two-day early voting period for the June 3 election begins.
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[2026-05-28 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young said Thursday the government will seek to expand South Korea's "K-culture" market to 400 trillion won (US$265 billion) by 2030, up from the previous target of 300 trillion won.
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[2026-05-28 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor will push to lift the cap on donations to $10,000 as it seeks to reinstate Victoria’s electoral laws, with the state government scrambling to reach a deal after messy negotiations with the Coalition and the crossbench.
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[2026-05-28 16:03 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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[2026-05-28 15:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The number of foreign nationals eligible to vote in South Korea’s local elections has grown large enough to form a noticeable voting bloc in some major cities. Their overall electoral influence, however, remains limited by persistently low voter turnout.
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[2026-05-28 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Four out of 10 South Koreans said they used generative artificial intelligence (AI) last year, while concerns over the negative effects of AI grew from a year earlier, a government survey showed Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 15:45 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A US National Park Service analysis found that the contractor given a no-bid contract to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated and excessive profit margin, according to federal documents obtained by The New York Times.
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[2026-05-28 15:38 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-28 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused US President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-28 15:30 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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[2026-05-28 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The escape of Sen. Ronald dela Rosa from the Senate on May 14 and the shooting incident in the facility hours earlier were found out to be “related,” the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Domestic Violence
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