Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US
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[2026-05-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [Ningxia University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US
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[2026-05-18 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ABUJA, Nigeria — A wave of militant attacks on schools in Nigeria over the past week has left more than 80 children missing, local officials and a rights group said Sunday, the latest in school abductions in the West African country where the government is battling an array of jihadi and other armed groups.
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[2026-05-18 19:25 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jim Chalmers’ fifth federal budget handed down last week was the worst-received economic statement since the Resolve Political Monitor began tracking voter perceptions of the budget in May 2021.
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[2026-05-18 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The health minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday that authorities had already selected sites in Rwampara and Mongwalu to establish new treatment centers and that dozens of patients were receiving active care.
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[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fresh allocation brings total funding to HK$18 billion over five years
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[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fresh allocation brings total funding to HK$18 billion over five years
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[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Southern Police District confirms that the man arrested during the Senate shooting tested positive in a paraffin test.
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[2026-05-18 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victoria’s auditor-general will investigate whether the state’s 40-year lotto extension was good value for taxpayers amid criticism over the secretive process behind the exclusive deal.
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[2026-05-18 19:10 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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[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A mural reading “the powerhouse of the Russian world” in the city of Vologda, Russia, in February. Credit...
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[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scathing commentary accuses self-ruled island’s leader of ‘forgetting his ancestors’ and ‘ingratiating himself’ with Tokyo amid frayed ties
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[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [DPP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scathing commentary accuses self-ruled island’s leader of ‘forgetting his ancestors’ and ‘ingratiating himself’ with Tokyo amid frayed ties
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[2026-05-18 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Protesters from opposing groups started gathering outside the Senate in Pasay City on Monday as lawmakers began the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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[2026-05-18 18:49 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Allan government and Victoria Police are at loggerheads over whether transport department officials formally reported to police a $6 million fraud allegedly attempted by a contractor on the Metro Tunnel rail project.
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[2026-05-18 18:48 UTC+10:00] [Spain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: People’s party wins regional election but loses absolute majority, opening door to possibly months of negotiations
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[2026-05-18 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People wait near an ambulance at a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/ Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)
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[2026-05-18 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Members of youth and other groups march along Diokno Boulevard in Pasay City to demand the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, May 18, 2026, as the Senate prepared to convene as an impeachment court.
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rival-turned-ally Umno, and allies-turned-rivals Rafizi and Nik Nazmi, may force the prime minister to call an early election
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [Malaysia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rival-turned-ally Umno, and allies-turned-rivals Rafizi and Nik Nazmi, may force the prime minister to call an early election
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[2026-05-18 18:18 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — More than 5.1 million voter registration applications have been processed nationwide by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of Friday, May 16, according to the latest data shared by the poll body.
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[2026-05-18 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pressing Brussels to loosen the EU’s fiscal rules to help governments absorb the economic shock unleashed by the Iran war and soaring energy prices.
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[2026-05-18 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police personnel stand behind their shields outside the Senate of the Philippines, in Manila, Thursday May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)
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[2026-05-18 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.K. gilt yields steadied on Monday after coming under heavy selling pressure last week, as traders gauge whether a challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership poses a threat to the country's fiscal stability.
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[2026-05-18 17:42 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Neo-Nazis have lodged a constitutional challenge in the High Court against new federal laws outlawing them as a hate group, as they fight to form a political party.
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[2026-05-18 17:29 UTC+10:00] [Labour party leadership] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Deputy PM says Andy Burnham would be ‘great addition to parliament’ but leadership row is an ‘own goal’ for Labour
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[2026-05-18 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pianist Jayson Gillham was concerned management of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) would not allow him to play a new piece of music at an event he was headlining if they knew it was dedicated to the journalists of Gaza, the Federal Court heard on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Cho Tae-yong, former chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), and five other former political appointees at the spy agency have been booked on charges of involvement in an insurrection related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol's imposition of martial law, a special counsel team said Monday.
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[2026-05-18 17:06 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-18 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Cape Verdeans headed to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections marked by uncertainty, with five parties competing and Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva seeking a rare third term in a country long praised for its political stability.
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[2026-05-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-05-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's budget ministry said Monday it has designated around 900 state-funded projects for budget cuts, consolidation or abolition in a move expected to help the government save up to 7.7 trillion won (US$5.12 billion).
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[2026-05-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science ministry, as well as other related government institutions, held a working-level workshop Monday on cybersecurity issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) with OpenAI.
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[2026-05-18 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the prime minister’s leadership in crisis, the spectre of rejoining the EU is creeping back into the debate
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[2026-05-18 16:59 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the prime minister’s leadership in crisis, the spectre of rejoining the EU is creeping back into the debate
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[2026-05-18 16:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Amid all the backstabbing and plotting in Britain’s beleaguered Labour Party, one crucial fact can easily become lost in the twists and turns of the saga – embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not even faced a formal challenge to his leadership yet.
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[2026-05-18 16:50 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The government will launch DNA tests on remains recovered from the site of a wartime coal mine disaster in Japan's Ube that killed 136 Korean forced laborers, the foreign ministry said Monday.
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[2026-05-18 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-05-18 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday said he was not sure whether he would be the shortest serving Senate chief in Philippine history as he claimed that groups are ganging up on him.
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[2026-05-18 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-05-18 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Official campaigning for the June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections will begin this week, the election watchdog said Monday.
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[2026-05-18 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Prime Minister’s Office’s unusual decision to confirm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had visited the United Arab Emirates during the war with Iran was driven by concern that former prime minister Naftali Bennett was also expected to travel to Abu Dhabi, N12 reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing a multi-pronged expert witness strategy in its case against former president Rodrigo Duterte to prove that the killing of thousands in connection with his anti-drug campaign was part of a deliberate and state-backed policy amounting to crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-18 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Mel Oragon, the suspect arrested in the May 13 Senate shooting, tested positive for gunpowder, the Southern Police District (SPD) confirmed Monday.
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[2026-05-18 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Court partially grants injunction against union action as government steps up pressure for negotiated settlement
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[2026-05-18 16:09 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Bafflement at Old Trafford, Chelsea’s Wembley drought goes on and Leeds give fans cause for optimism
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[2026-05-18 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the country should adopt a mindset that it is already in a “political war” amid the ongoing dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
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[2026-05-18 15:58 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ever since Australia’s state and federal governments abolished deceased estate taxes in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the prospect of any government reviving that levy on the grieving has been politically toxic.
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[2026-05-18 15:54 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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