Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-30 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 30 Jul 2026 at 4:25pm
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[2026-07-30 16:19 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has taken the stand in a long-running defamation trial brought about by a Perth property developer, claiming he was concerned the West Australian government was going to use the Peel region as a “dumping ground for toxic soil”.
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[2026-07-30 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE regular season in the world’s premier women's basketball league has passed its halfway mark and is approaching the All-Star Game. Here's a roundup of the biggest storylines from the WNBA in the latest 1xBet review.
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[2026-07-30 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has authorized the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to submit the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, to the Senate Impeachment Court. BIR representatives delivered Duterte’s tax documents enclosed in a red box to the Office of Senate Secretary Rey Bantug, the clerk of the impeachment court, on July 30, 2026, in compliance with the court’s subpoena.
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[2026-07-30 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- Half of people out of romantic relationships experienced abuse by their partners in the process of their divorce or separation, a government survey showed Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: DR Congo opposition politicians, members of the opposition coalition nicknamed "C64", rejected the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the referendum law, which could see President Felix Tshisekedi run for a third term after a referendum.
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[2026-07-30 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Winston Peters targeted Chinese-born MP Lawrence Xu-Nan during a parliamentary debate and attracted a subtle rebuke on social media
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[2026-07-30 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Chinese Ambassador] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Winston Peters targeted Chinese-born MP Lawrence Xu-Nan during a parliamentary debate and attracted a subtle rebuke on social media
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[2026-07-30 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The largest number of building approvals in five years will struggle to make a dent in pent-up demand for new homes as signs grow the federal government’s property tax changes are weighing on the property market.
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[2026-07-30 15:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Education Minister Choi Kyo-jin visited the Mongolian University of Science and Technology on July 10 to review the progress of a higher education cooperation project aimed at training specialists in cultural heritage conservation.
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[2026-07-30 15:54 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian motorists are facing the prospect of another surge in petrol and diesel prices, with Ampol warning the expanding conflict in the Middle East is driving up global oil and refined fuel costs just as the Albanese government’s 16¢-a-litre excise relief is due to end.
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[2026-07-30 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: After finishing runners-up for three seasons, Arsenal finally got the job done last term as they edged past Manchester City to win their first Premier League title in 22 years.
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[2026-07-30 15:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The ruling Democratic Party and the main opposition People Power Party reached an agreement Thursday on the blueprints for a bill to launch a special counsel to investigate the June 3 local election.
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[2026-07-30 15:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Parliament
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[2026-07-30 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Protests during regional elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have turned deadly, with leaders of a banned Kashmiri group saying on Wednesday more than 30 people had been killed around one town in clashes with security forces ahead of the second round.
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[2026-07-30 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic Republic’s far-right political party has long suspected that Iran’s top officials have “surrendered” to the United States by signing the Memorandum of Understanding.
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[2026-07-30 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Denis Donaldson was seen as a key figure in Sinn Fein's rise as a political party
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[2026-07-30 15:30 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: JINGGOY. Senator Jinggoy Estrada, in a yellow detainee uniform and handcuffs, arrives at the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City on June 4, 2026, to attend arraignment proceedings for his alleged graft case related to government flood control projects.
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[2026-07-30 15:27 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Athletics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Mike Cleary got the shock of his life when he woke up on Wednesday and heard his name on radio. Now 86, Cleary figured the days of being in the news as a dual international footballer, and later as a Member of the NSW Parliament, had ended decades ago.
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[2026-07-30 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President and Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team declined to comment Thursday after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. authorized the Bureau of Internal Revenue to release the tax records of Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, to the Senate Impeachment Court.
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[2026-07-30 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Anthony Fauci, the former top US infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing Republican Senator Rand Paul of an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned.
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[2026-07-30 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The number of people who have died after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan has risen to 30, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-07-30 15:03 UTC+10:00] [Independent Commission Against Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Robert Assaf tells Icac that Angus Taylor wasn’t ‘that involved’ but the federal opposition leader ‘definitely wasn’t opposed’ to work of conservative group
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[2026-07-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Police] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelations
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[2026-07-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Nigel Farage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: You can’t blame his constituents in Clacton for their pessimism – because they have been let down for years
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[2026-07-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: “If I want to be remembered for one thing,” the outgoing premier of Victoria said on Tuesday, “It’s this: I led a government that listened to girls about their health.”
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[2026-07-30 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US economist writes that ‘Hong Kong of old is over’ but deputy finance chief, without naming specific critics, defends city’s international appeal
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[2026-07-30 14:53 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US economist writes that ‘Hong Kong of old is over’ but deputy finance chief, without naming specific critics, defends city’s international appeal
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[2026-07-30 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former top US Covid expert repeatedly invoked constitutional protection against self-incrimination during a combative Senate panel
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[2026-07-30 14:51 UTC+10:00] [English common law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former top US Covid expert repeatedly invoked constitutional protection against self-incrimination during a combative Senate panel
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[2026-07-30 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Metropolitan Government will deploy dedicated patrol personnel and seek to introduce administrative fines after separate incidents of bathing and coin collecting at Cheonggyecheon drew widespread public attention.
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[2026-07-30 14:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-07-30 14:28 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: VP. Sara Duterte arrives at the Senate on July 7, 2026, to meet with her lawyers but does not attend the impeachment trial.
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[2026-07-30 14:26 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-07-30 14:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The commissioner heading the Queensland inquiry into the CFMEU has fired a broadside at the state’s police for failing to act against union action at a major road project in south-west Brisbane.
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[2026-07-30 14:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: In an effort to fend off a mounting humanitarian crisis, Cuba on Wednesday eased up on longtime restrictions on private vendors and imports, opening up a sector firmly controlled by the Communist-led government.
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[2026-07-30 14:10 UTC+10:00] [Anthony Fauci] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US former top health official, who was subpoenaed to appear at a Senate hearing into Covid-19, says Markson’s reporting about virus’s origin ‘does not make any sense’
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[2026-07-30 14:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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[2026-07-30 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrives to hold a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North at Heron House in Manchester, England. Friday July 24, 2026. (Christopher Furlong/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-07-30 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses.”
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[2026-07-30 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed on Wednesday held high-level talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava aimed at advancing bilateral ties.
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[2026-07-30 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-30 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, although three officials dissented in favor of higher rates as the central bank wrestles with how to deal with persistently high inflation.
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[2026-07-30 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump met with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, on Wednesday for urgent discussions following the two countries' joint strikes on Iraq, Axios reported citing an American official.
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[2026-07-30 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Tuesday that he was not too bothered by the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for him, because Israeli special forces would protect him should any country try to take him into custody.
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[2026-07-30 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Child Sexual Abuse
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[2026-07-30 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Federal Communications Commission is planning to unveil a series of new trade restrictions on Tuesday afternoon that will ban imports of Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots, as well as connected power inverters. This announcement comes ahead of the expected boom in physical AI.
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[2026-07-30 13:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Dr Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth at Covid hearing
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[2026-07-30 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israelis head to the polls on October 27 for the first election since the October 7 massacre in 2023. Voters will pass judgment on the failures that led to that day, the conduct of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and the ongoing confrontation with Iran.
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