Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-26 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: When Arsenal Football Club secured the 2025/2026 Premier League title, ending a 22-year drought, the most vibrant celebrations didn't just happen in North London.
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[2026-05-26 20:49 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Belgian deputy prime minister Maxime Prevot confirmed the death toll from this morning’s crash.
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[2026-05-26 20:40 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-26 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Effigies of US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and what appeared to be National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir were paraded through Montreal on Sunday at an anti Israel rally, according to videos published on social media by Montreal for Palestine.
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[2026-05-26 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The committee vetting IDF Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman’s appointment as the next Mossad chief again cleared him to take up the post, submitting a supplementary opinion to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday after the High Court ordered it to take another look at the case.
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[2026-05-26 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The sentences of boys spared custody over the rape of two girls in Hampshire will be referred to the Court of Appeal, the prime minister has said.
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[2026-05-26 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The crash happened shortly after 8:00 a.m., around one kilometre from Buggenhout railway station, as the vehicle operated for regional transport company De Lijn carried seven schoolchildren, an accompanying adult and the driver. Belgian officials and local media reported at least four deaths, including two teenagers, while prosecutors and forensic teams opened an investigation into the circumstances of the collision.
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[2026-05-26 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ousmane Sonko has been elected president of Senegal’s National Assembly, marking another major shift in the country’s political landscape.
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[2026-05-26 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Moscow and New Delhi are in negotiations for additional deliveries of Russian S-400 long-range air defense systems, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-26 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Former Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha has been released from his sentence of 27 years under house arrest. But the opposition politician still faces a five-year block on international travel and lifetime ban from political activities. © Reuters
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[2026-05-26 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: You’re watching The Manila Times’ News Prime.
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[2026-05-26 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dr. Tzvika Mor, father of released hostage Eitan and one of the leaders of the Tikva Forum will join Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party with a high position in the list, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If Indonesia turns Kertajati Airport into a Hercules repair hub, it risks being seen as siding with the US in times of war, analysts say
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[2026-05-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If Indonesia turns Kertajati Airport into a Hercules repair hub, it risks being seen as siding with the US in times of war, analysts say
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[2026-05-26 19:38 UTC+10:00] [Inside Track] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 26, 2026 — 7:30pm
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[2026-05-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: More small businesses would be spared paying capital gains tax under concessions being considered by Labor to avoid a growing backlash, as analysis predicts house prices will fall in Sydney and Melbourne due to tax changes and interest rate rises.
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[2026-05-26 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has a track record of taunting blindfolded detainees. In the past, he has been accompanied by camera crews as he toured Israeli prisons holding Palestinian detainees.
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[2026-05-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The meeting comes as further corruption allegations surround the ruling Socialist government and tensions between Madrid and Washington remain frayed.
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[2026-05-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to intensify strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon to deliver what he described as a decisive blow to the armed group.
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[2026-05-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to intensify strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon to deliver what he described as a decisive blow to the armed group.
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[2026-05-26 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tzachi Braverman, the chief of staff at the Prime Minister's Office and designated ambassador to the UK, will be summoned for a pre-indictment hearing, the State Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-26 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBU CITY — Former Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia dismissed rumors linking her to possible endorsements and plans for the 2028 elections, saying her attention is now focused on helping Cebuanos facing economic and political challenges.
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[2026-05-26 19:05 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nineteen Australian women and children linked to Islamic State have landed in Australia after more than seven years trapped in camps in Syria, and are expected to be allowed to quietly leave airports in both Melbourne and Sydney.
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[2026-05-26 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A lighthearted exchange briefly eased tensions in the Senate on Tuesday after Senators Pia Cayetano and Lito Lapid expressed thier appreciation for each other during the plenary session, as the chamber remained divided following recent leadership changes.
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[2026-05-26 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Clowns wearing painted faces, oversized shoes and bright costumes marched past the Government Palace as tourists stopped to film the event in the capital of nearly 10 million people. Organisers said the celebration honours José Álvarez Vélez, better known as Tony Perejil, a beloved entertainer who dedicated his career to bringing laughter to poor communities before his death in 1987.
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[2026-05-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress and four other members of the House of Representatives have asked the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General to investigate why a federal probe into a prison drugs-for-votes scheme was abandoned after the 2024 elections.
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[2026-05-26 18:59 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Outgoing anti-corruption commissioner Paul Brereton mounted a combative defence of his conduct, rejecting suggestions he had breached public trust and warning against assumptions another adverse finding would emerge from an ongoing investigation into his handling of conflicts of interest.
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[2026-05-26 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UK risks accelerating the decline of the oil and gas industry despite overwhelming industry belief that the basin could still have a long-term future, a report has said.
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[2026-05-26 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Welcome to The Manila Times, where we bring you stories that shape our world.
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[2026-05-26 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's government on Monday presented a nine-billion-euro ($10.5-billion) energy-transition plan that would include making homes more energy efficient and providing near-free public transport to low-earners.
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[2026-05-26 18:27 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wests Tigers chairman and former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell has endorsed Peter V’landys becoming rugby league’s executive chairman as the future of the influential administrator grips two sports.
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[2026-05-26 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Sen. Lito Lapid speaks before the plenary on May 26, 2026 to debunk talk on social media that he was no longer a member of the minority bloc. Lapid made the clarification after he failed to stand up, along with his peers, to denounce a video by Sen. Imee Marcos linking the minority to Charter change, which she presented on May 25.
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[2026-05-26 18:21 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-26 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Senegal’s political crisis escalated as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye replaced Ousmane Sonko with economist Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo as prime minister, intensifying a rift at the top of the state while parliament prepares a tense vote on Sonko’s reinstatement as lawmaker.
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[2026-05-26 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russia said on Tuesday its government has warned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to evacuate diplomats and American citizens from Kyiv, as Moscow plots fresh strikes on the Ukrainian capital.
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[2026-05-26 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice opened Tuesday’s hearing on petitions against the government’s decision to close Army Radio by pressing the state over public statements made by members of the advisory committee Defense Minister Israel Katz appointed to examine the station’s future.
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[2026-05-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells counterpart that keeping the critical global shipping lane open is ‘a shared aspiration of all countries’
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[2026-05-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells counterpart that keeping the critical global shipping lane open is ‘a shared aspiration of all countries’
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[2026-05-26 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details, background in paras 10-13)By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-05-26 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IBA, Zambales — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has conferred the provincial government of Zambales the “Highly Functional Rating” in two recently held assessments on the protection of women and children.
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[2026-05-26 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a press conference after their Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 26. © Reuters
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[2026-05-26 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s drone threat from the North could soon reach Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Yisrael Beytenu chairman and former defense minister MK Avigdor Liberman warned during a faction meeting in the Knesset on Monday.
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[2026-05-26 17:47 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW government’s leader in the upper house, Penny Sharpe, has been suspended from parliament for a fortnight, an unprecedented expulsion that marks a dramatic escalation in the power struggle between the Minns government and the Legislative Council crossbench.
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[2026-05-26 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Green Party has announced that Sarah Wakefield will be its candidate in the Makerfield by-election.
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[2026-05-26 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more details throughout, byline; REVISES location in para 3; CHANGES photo)By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-05-26 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) -- Seoul mayoral candidates from the ruling and main opposition parties suspended their election campaigns Tuesday after an overpass in western Seoul partially collapsed, injuring at least six people.
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[2026-05-26 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A heated constitutional and political battle is unfolding in Senegal as lawmakers examine whether Ousmane Sonko can reclaim his parliamentary seat after leaving government. The debate could reshape the balance of power inside the National Assembly.
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[2026-05-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Premier League season is over, but what did Guardian football writers enjoy, dislike or marvel at over the last nine months?
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