Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-30 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 30 Jul 2026 at 7:20am
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[2026-07-30 07:19 UTC+10:00] [Ghislaine Maxwell] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Longtime Epstein associate serving 20-year sentence for sex-trafficking crimes has exhausted series of appeals
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[2026-07-30 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-07-30 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Bostom via RealClearInvestigations,
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[2026-07-30 07:04 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: PLEDGE A candidate of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party signs a peace covenant for the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections in a forum held in Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY MAGUINDANAO DEL SUR PNP
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[2026-07-30 07:03 UTC+10:00] [Salman Rushdie] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jury found Hadi Matar, who is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence, guilty of all charges against him
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[2026-07-30 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia’s Federal Security Service has brought terrorism-related charges against Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire behind popular messaging app Telegram, once again placing the entrepreneur at the center of a dispute over whether technology platforms should be held responsible for crimes organized through their services.
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[2026-07-30 06:56 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-07-30 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese judicial authorities issued a warrant Wednesday seeking the arrest of influential businessman Antoun Sehnaoui accused of meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid Israel's war on Lebanon.
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[2026-07-30 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-30 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday followed through on expectations for no interest rate change, and Chairman Kevin Warsh offered little direction in his news conference. The meeting was notable for a surge in dissenting votes, while Warsh looked to provide some clarity on the board's thought process.
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[2026-07-30 06:35 UTC+10:00] [Regulation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Two leading Democrats on the U.S. Senate committee that oversees transportation safety pressed the nation’s regulator of buses on Wednesday to provide proof it can detect troubled private companies that provide services to schools and municipalities.
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[2026-07-30 06:32 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Early childhood education enrolment for First Nations children reaches 95% across the country. Follow updates live
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[2026-07-30 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Around the world, governments are again using the tools of industrial policy — subsidies, tax incentives, public finance, trade measures and strategic regulation — to shape their economies. South Korea is no exception. President Lee Jae Myung’s government has launched an ambitious strategy to promote semiconductors, AI infrastructure, robotics and other frontier industries to bolster future growth and competitiveness.
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[2026-07-30 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil prices got back to jumping, while sinking technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower amid uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve will do to get high inflation under control.
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[2026-07-30 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jared Leto en la premier de “Tron: Ares” en Los Ángeles, el 6 de octubre de 2025. (AP Foto/Chris Pizzello, Archivo)
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[2026-07-30 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday announced that he was dissolving his Future Party and withdrawing from party politics.
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[2026-07-30 06:16 UTC+10:00] [Friedrich Merz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Em busca de governabilidade e mais diálogo dentro do próprio partido, o chanceler federal da Alemanha, Friedrich Merz, aprovou nesta quarta-feira (29/07) três mudanças no gabinete ministerial.
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[2026-07-30 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth is seen during a ceremony at the federal courthouse in Washington on May 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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[2026-07-30 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lawyers for James Comey — a former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and longtime subject of President Donald Trump’s ire — have said that United States prosecutors omitted key details and falsified others in a case brought against their client.
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[2026-07-30 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Presidential candidate Azruddin Mohamed, of the We Invest in Nationhood party, displays his ink-stained finger after voting in general elections in Georgetown, Guyana, on Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
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[2026-07-30 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-07-30 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iran conflict and the Russian war against Ukraine appear to be converging more in recent weeks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington on July 28 alongside Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They held separate meetings with US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-07-30 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-07-30 05:26 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are back to jumping as Middle East tensions escalate, while the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold, with three of the central bank’s rate-setting committee dissenting.
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[2026-07-30 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-07-30 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-30 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Former Wall Street lawyer and federal prosecutor Jay Clayton has been confirmed as the next US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) despite having no traditional intelligence background, following his nomination by President Donald Trump.
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[2026-07-30 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mourners carry the coffin of an Iranian adviser draped in the Iranian flag during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
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[2026-07-30 05:07 UTC+10:00] [Fifa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: 55 members to meet on Thursday to coordinate response
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[2026-07-30 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel First Party leader MK Sharren Haskel said her newly launched party would need only six Knesset seats to reshape the country’s next government after the upcoming elections.
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[2026-07-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The latest flashpoint in Japan's and China's deteriorating relations is Japan's southernmost island of Okinotori, near which Chinese naval vessels recently held machine-gun firing drills. China denies Okinotori is an island. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kyodo and Reuters)
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[2026-07-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The agency that runs the National Disability Insurance Scheme rejected more than 4000 claims from NDIS middlemen in just nine months because they requested funding for services that were never actually delivered.
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[2026-07-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 30, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-07-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A sickening feeling of deja vu from the ghosts of ICAC past is likely to be haunting some Liberal Party figures tuning in to the daily drama of the Operation Rosny corruption inquiry.
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[2026-07-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-07-30 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-07-30 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jonathan Turley,
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[2026-07-30 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-30 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It had been quite some time since a senior Israeli diplomatic official held such a lengthy and detailed background briefing. Nearly every question was answered, often at considerable length, while insisting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington was not another ceremonial meeting but a genuine strategic exchange between two leaders who know each other well.
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[2026-07-30 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The decision drew dissents from three policymakers on the 12-member panel, as Trump’s Iran war continues to push up prices
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[2026-07-30 04:26 UTC+10:00] [interest rates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The decision drew dissents from three policymakers on the 12-member panel, as Trump’s Iran war continues to push up prices
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[2026-07-30 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explored all paths to curb Iran's nuclear project in their meeting this week, including diplomacy, economic pressure and military force, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-30 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Educators in Connecticut must develop curriculum materials for Islamic and Arab studies according to a new state law that went into effect earlier this month.
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[2026-07-30 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A group of Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint with the country's top prosecutor on Wednesday requesting an investigation into banker Antoun Sehnaoui over a dinner he allegedly co-hosted in Washington that was attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-07-30 04:07 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rates remain unchanged for fifth time since December as tenuous Iran peace deal pushes energy prices up again
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[2026-07-30 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A display of a Bentley car at the Mall at Short Hills, in Short Hills, New Jersey, June 6, 2026, which has remained a premier luxury shopping destination for decades. (AP Photo/ Anne D’Innocenzio)
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[2026-07-30 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the fifth consecutive time amid continuing concerns over the economic impact of renewed fighting in the Iran war and U.S. President Donald Trump's calls to lower borrowing costs.
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[2026-07-30 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for a fifth straight meeting on Wednesday despite rising inflation pressures from the Iran war.
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[2026-07-30 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in a split decision on Wednesday, as renewed tensions in the Iran war add to fresh inflationary pressures.
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