Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-26 02:40 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — While a large majority of Filipinos support the government’s actions in defending the country’s territory and sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea, one out of three Filipinos in Davao Region disagree with this assertion, according to a survey.
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[2026-05-26 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD - Islamabad’s key negotiator between the United States and Iran, army chief Asim Munir, is in Beijing alongside the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks with Chinese leaders, Pakistan television showed on Monday.
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[2026-05-26 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THERE is a market failure in economics known as the free rider problem. It happens when some people consume public goods and services without paying for them, while the costs are shouldered by the rest of taxpayers. In an emerging market like the Philippines, there are many free riders, posing a heavy burden on the government’s narrowing fiscal space and people’s budget.
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[2026-05-26 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was about to lose the 1999 elections, he sought to project strength and resolve. He had said about the opposition that “They are scared,” but these words were less an accusation than a projection, reflecting his state of mind.
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[2026-05-26 01:50 UTC+10:00] [Cyprus] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Strongly anti-Turkish party doubles its seats although mainstream parties did not see vote crumble as predicted
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[2026-05-26 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Spurs secure Premier League survival with win over Everton
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[2026-05-26 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
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[2026-05-26 01:43 UTC+10:00] [Reform UK] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: We saw it when Russia jailed members of Pussy Riot, and again when the US overturned Roe v Wade: misogyny is a powerful political weapon. Let’s focus on fighting it, not ‘understanding’ it
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[2026-05-26 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Joao Palhinha y Rodrigo Bentancur del Tottenham celebran tras vencer al Everton en la última jornada de la Liga Premier el domingo 24 de mayo del 2026. (AP Foto/Frank Augstein)
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[2026-05-26 01:33 UTC+10:00] [Nigel Farage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ciaran Martin says Reform UK leader’s allegation over Guardian report on £5m gift ‘entirely unsubstantiated’
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[2026-05-26 01:31 UTC+10:00] [MEPs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: MEP Fidias Panayiotou on Monday said he will remain a lawmaker in the European Parliament and decline to take the seat to which he was elected in this weekend’s legislative elections in Cyprus.
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[2026-05-26 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many political opponents were convicted during Hun Sen’s time in power while Kem Sokha’s CNRP co-founder Sam Rainsy remains in self-exile in France
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[2026-05-26 01:05 UTC+10:00] [Phnom Penh] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many political opponents were convicted during Hun Sen’s time in power while Kem Sokha’s CNRP co-founder Sam Rainsy remains in self-exile in France
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[2026-05-26 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Serbian leader makes first official state visit to Beijing, with the two sides signing more than 20 deals covering politics, trade and tech
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[2026-05-26 01:01 UTC+10:00] [Xi Jinping] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Serbian leader makes first official state visit to Beijing, with the two sides signing more than 20 deals covering politics, trade and tech
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[2026-05-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Independents] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Changes to political funding and the need for crossbenchers to remain relevant are driving discussions but some independents are opposed
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[2026-05-26 00:57 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Slip-ups are brutally punished in English football’s top flight, but enlightened management can still transform a team’s fortunes
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[2026-05-26 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' exiled opposition leader visited Kyiv on Monday as the Ukrainian capital cleaned up after Russia’s biggest missile attack of the year, and world leaders kept a close eye on how much support the Belarusian government is ready to provide for Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-05-26 00:43 UTC+10:00] [Byelections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Restore Britain, set up by the former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, appears to be taking some support from Nigel Farage
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[2026-05-26 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Spencer Pratt is running a campaign unlike anything seen in Los Angeles politics. The former reality star turned mayoral candidate isn't just talking about the city's collapse into filth, crime, and decay - he's making the evidence work for him.
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[2026-05-26 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel’s opposition, said a peace agreement with Palestinians would not be the priority of his bloc if it won elections later this year and that Israel has bigger domestic issues and tensions with Iran to deal with.
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[2026-05-26 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday the government will compile a $19 billion supplementary budget to support households grappling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-26 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign event in Lubbock, Texas, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)
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[2026-05-26 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Investment in renewable projects collapsed by 50 per cent over the past year, wiping out $4 billion in spending on the rollout, compromising the Albanese government’s clean energy targets and spurring industry warnings that the delays could raise electricity bills.
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[2026-05-25 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AGRA, India — Marco Rubio leads US foreign policy as diplomacy on Iran goes down to the wire, but he is also making time for cultural attractions as divergent as the Taj Mahal and the Village People.
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[2026-05-25 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union’s demands that Serbia adjust its foreign policy to align with Brussels amount to an attempt to govern the country “by email,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said during his state visit to China.
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[2026-05-25 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union’s demands that Serbia adjust its foreign policy to align with Brussels amount to an attempt to govern the country “by email,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said during his state visit to China.
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[2026-05-25 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The speaker of Senegal's parliament El Malick Ndiaye said Sunday he was resigning, two days after his close ally Ousmane Sonko was fired as prime minister, deepening a political crisis in the debt-laden West African country.
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[2026-05-25 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Syria’s new government is holding a type of limited election in Kurdish areas of eastern Syria.
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[2026-05-25 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China's leader Xi Jinping met with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing on Monday, state media reported, as diplomatic efforts by several countries to formally end the Iran war drag on.
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[2026-05-25 23:34 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-25 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett, left, and Yair Lapid arrive to a joint press conference announcing that their parties will run together in the upcoming elections, in Herzliya, Israel, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-05-25 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former President of Cambodia National Rescue Party, Kem Sokha, greets from his car in front of his house in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, file)
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[2026-05-25 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tottenham’s James Maddison celebrates after beating Everton during the English Premier League soccer match in London, England, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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[2026-05-25 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, smiles at a campaign event in McKinney, Texas, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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[2026-05-25 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: France’s welfare state, the text argues, now masks deeper fracture, rising crime and a political shift in its urban outskirts
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[2026-05-25 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: As a result of the March 2026 municipal elections, as many as 11 French cities came under the control of migrants. This is no exaggeration. First, that was the election agenda itself, formulated with utmost clarity by La Courneuve mayoral candidate Ali Diouara: “My issue is our own, the locals.
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[2026-05-25 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Nuno Espirito Santo won nine out of his 33 Premier League games in charge with West Ham this season
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[2026-05-25 22:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will meet his Singaporean counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan, in Seoul this week, following the latter's visits to China and North Korea, the ministry here said Monday.
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[2026-05-25 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advocated for strikes on Beirut and cutting off electricity to Lebanon
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[2026-05-25 22:21 UTC+10:00] [Religious Zionist Party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advocated for strikes on Beirut and cutting off electricity to Lebanon
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[2026-05-25 22:05 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Advertisement1/5 Credit:Cathy Wilcox2/5 Credit:Matt Golding3/5 Credit:Matt Golding4/5 Credit:Matt GoldingAdvertisement5/5 Credit:Dionne Gain
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[2026-05-25 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Popular YouTuber and TikToker with millions of online followers Fidias Panayiotou holds his cell phone after his proclamation as the winner of one of six seats allotted to Cyprus in the European Parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
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[2026-05-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: "Thank you for your attention to this matter" has closed hundreds of US President Donald Trump's social media posts, from policy directives to commendations to profanity-laced screeds directed at political opponents.
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[2026-05-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by David Manney via PJMedia.com,
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[2026-05-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: "Thank you for your attention to this matter" has closed hundreds of US President Donald Trump's social media posts, from policy directives to commendations to profanity-laced screeds directed at political opponents.
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[2026-05-25 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Statisticians Opta have come up with a Premier League team of the season based on data collected during the course of the campaign.
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[2026-05-25 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 25 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will meet his Singaporean counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan, in Seoul this week, following the latter's visits to China and North Korea, the ministry here said Monday.
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[2026-05-25 21:49 UTC+10:00] [Baltics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Centrist Latvian lawmaker Andris Kulbergs on Monday announced his intention to form a coalition government with four parties, national media reported on Monday.
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[2026-05-25 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lawmakers from the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party United Torah Judaism were instructed by spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando on Sunday evening to stop cooperating with the coalition’s efforts to advance the controversial haredi draft bill, once again setting back progress on the legislation.
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