Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Doc990, one of Sri Lanka’s pioneering digital health solutions provider operated by Digital Health (Pvt) Ltd — a subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC — announced the introduction of a digital queue management system at Galle National Hospital, focused on pharmacy service counters.
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[2026-05-14 05:31 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Thevinu Perera (left) of St John’s Nugegoda and Mercy Tuwaraka of Sams College Jaffna.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Kegalu Balika Vidyalaya cricket team: Seated from left: E.N.N. Edirisinghe (Teacher in Charge), Y.B.M.C.N.J. Yapa Bandara (Master in Charge), K.A. Hiruni Perera (Captain), Mrs H.A.T.D.K. Jayaratne (Principal), U.C.G.J. Udagedara (Deputy Principal), Sadewmi Liyanage (Vice Captain), W.P.S.S.K. Vithana (Prefect of Games), Darshani Dharmasiri (Coach). Standing from left: Sandali Hansamali, Thanukshi Radaliyagoda, Ameesha Indumini, Tharuprabha Weerasinghe, Yenuli Jayathilaka, Nethu Nimnadi, Dinuri Bihasha, Kavidi Gunathilaka, Anuravi Medagedara, Sandali Kumarapperuma, Yalini Piyawansha, Manuli Sakithma, Chathuni Wickramasinghe, Damsari Jayawardhana, Jesandi Pudamya, Sandali Jayalath, Chaduli Jayathilaka,
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya instructed officials to implement development projects by taking into account the practical needs of the people.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The US Embassy in Sri Lanka, together with the Association for Disaster Risk Management Professionals (ADRiMP), will host the GeoAI (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence) for Disaster Resilience Exhibition and Symposium, which opens to the public today (14) at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Colombo University. The event will showcase how advanced mapping tools and American-led artificial intelligence innovations can strengthen disaster preparedness and response during disasters.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a significant move to bolster labour protections and modernise the nation’s legal deterrents, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved a transformative amendment to the Women, Young Persons, and Children Employment Act No. 47 of 1956.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has urged the public to refrain from using polythene decorations and single-use plastic items during the Vesak season. Authorities have observed the continued use of plastic materials for Vesak lanterns, festive decorations, entertainment activities, and dansals across the country.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Unauthorised constructions along the coastline from Habaraduwa town to the Pradeshiya Sabha crematorium in Koggala were removed by the Coast Conservation Authority, under strict police protection yesterday morning (13).
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to postpone all SLC-organised domestic cricket tournaments following an assessment of the current weather conditions.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasized that the law will be equal to all and that no wrongdoer would be spared the consequences of the law, irrespective of his or her power or position. Addressing the Matale District Development Committee meeting on Tuesday, the President told the members ”do not be afraid to work but be afraid to engage in irregularities.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: WIJERATNE PERERA – MRS. KULASEELI (Former Chairperson of the Western Provincial Council & former President of the Colombo Friend-in-Need Society) – Beloved wife of the late E.P. Paul Perera (PC, former Minister); loving mother of Ronald (PC), Arnold, Harold, Pushpamala and Rodney (former Ambassador); mother-in-law of Chrishanti, Rajika, Melanie, Niroshan and Masako; cherished grandmother of Dr.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath commenced his official visit to Belarus by placing floral tributes at Victory Square in remembrance of the fallen soldiers. He is scheduled to meet senior leaders of Belarus government during his stay in Minsk.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Three Labor MPs have signed off on a scathing parliamentary committee report that demands the Allan government compensate Victoria’s public schools for starving them of billions of dollars of vital funding over years.
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[2026-05-14 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli celebrates his century during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders in Raipur, India, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Abhijit Addya)
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[2026-05-14 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a "secret" visit to the UAE to meet President Mohamed bin Zayed during the US-Israeli war on Iran, Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-14 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Voters arrive at a polling station to cast their ballots in the general election in Nassau, Bahamas, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)
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[2026-05-14 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Neo-Nazi cult leader Michail Chkhikvishvili — whose propaganda inspired real-world bloodshed, including a deadly Nashville school shooting — was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison by a New York federal judge who called his crimes “extraordinarily serious.”
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[2026-05-14 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The bill to dissolve the Knesset is expected to be brought for a vote next week on Wednesday, amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition over the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill, opposition coordinator MK Merav Ben-Ari’s (Yesh Atid) office confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-14 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-US war with Iran, further strengthening ties with a Gulf nation that normalized relations with Israel in 2020, his office said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-14 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing the United States-brokered “ceasefire” in Gaza as part of US President Donald Trump’s International Board of Peace, has said he could envision a political role for Hamas in post-war Gaza if the Palestinian group disarms.
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[2026-05-14 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates and met its president during the war with Iran, his office has confirmed.
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[2026-05-14 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made what his office has described as a “secret visit” to the United Arab Emirates for a meeting with President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-05-14 05:06 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-05-14 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: It has taken eight and a half years, but on Wednesday President Donald Trump finally succeeded in reversing one of the few mistakes he has admitted to making as president. In November 2017, Trump chose Jerome Powell to chair the Federal Reserve, opting for someone he saw as malleable over a charismatic but youthful former Fed governor, Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-05-14 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wary of the terrible election-year optics, some federal Republican legislators are less-than-enthusiastic about approving a request for a billion dollars in security funding relating to President Trump's White House ballroom project. Some of them shared those feelings with reporters after they received a Tuesday afternoon closed-door briefing by Secret Service Director Sean Curran.
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A high-frequency bus route linking Stones Corner with Northshore Hamilton was supposed to be running this year – but it has yet to materialise, despite millions of dollars being poured into the idea over half a decade.
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 14, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 14, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The share of home lending to investors is at its highest level in almost a decade, as industry experts offer cautious optimism that the federal budget could help first home buyers compete.
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 14, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-05-14 04:56 UTC+10:00] [Wes Streeting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Health secretary’s move to force race sparks scramble on left of Labour for candidate to oppose him
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[2026-05-14 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Anwar Gargash, an adviser to the United Arab Emirates president, said on Wednesday that the UAE remained committed to political solutions and diplomacy amid regional tensions, while stressing the country's right to defend its sovereignty.
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[2026-05-14 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates at the height of the US-Israeli war on Iran, his office revealed on Wednesday. The visit coincides with the UAE receiving Iron Dome air defense batteries from Israel.
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[2026-05-14 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates at the height of the US-Israeli war on Iran, his office revealed on Wednesday. The visit coincides with the UAE receiving Iron Dome air defense batteries from Israel.
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[2026-05-14 04:49 UTC+10:00] [Federal Reserve] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Warsh will serve four-year term as chair, taking over amid rising inflation and pressure from Trump to lower rates
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu tapped Esther Shreiber, CEO of the INEXTG Group, to be the next director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), which would make her the first woman to ever serve in the position.
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Kevin Warsh was confirmed Wednesday as the next Federal Reserve chair, taking over the central bank at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing for lower interest rates even as fresh inflation data complicates the case for cuts.
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[2026-05-14 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an energy investment event in capital city Brasilia on May 8. © Reuters
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[2026-05-14 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chairman on Wednesday — even as surging inflation has begun to box the central bank into one of its toughest corners in years.
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[2026-05-14 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Philippine Senate was locked down with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had sought refuge.
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[2026-05-14 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: "Seven months since the ceasefire, the door to Gaza's future is still closed," Nickolay Mladenov, director-general of the Board of Peace, said following his meeting on Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-05-14 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Note to employers: When you discover your twin brother employees are ex-cons who did time for hacking into the US State Department, and go to fire them, make sure you fully disable their access.
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[2026-05-14 04:29 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ⚽ Updates from the 8pm BST kick-off at the Etihad ⚽ Scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Michael
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[2026-05-14 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The State Opening of Parliament is the most British of occasions - and today it had the most British of ingredients: royals, regalia and rain.
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