Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s rejection of Tehran’s peace terms suggests that he will accept nothing short of surrender, according to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi.
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[2026-05-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lineup to include pastor who called Democratic platform ‘demonic’, Christian author who said he would die in fight to overturn 2020 election and rabbi who has defended torture
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[2026-05-13 23:59 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-13 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday denied allegations that its agents fired shots inside the Senate complex during a tense lockdown linked to the standoff over Sen. Ronald dela Rosa.
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[2026-05-13 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with top diplomatic envoys from China and Japan to seek closer trilateral cooperation, the ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dozens of federal agents descended on the California home of a prominent anti-ICE agitator in a dramatic early morning raid on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside from the Parliament house in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
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[2026-05-13 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would remain fair and would provide all legal rights and remedies to any Filipino regardless of his political affiliation, Malacañang told Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, following his appeal for protection against an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-05-13 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump and his Air Force One entourage have arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, greeted by a lavish red carpet welcome. The American president was received by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, China’s ambassador to Washington Xie Feng, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxuong, and US envoy to Beijing David Perdue.
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[2026-05-13 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and now Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) general manager Nicolas Torre III believes the attempted arrest of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, his former boss, was in no way an act of political “revenge” but a simple matter of “law enforcement.
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[2026-05-13 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog is investigating a program that spent $38 billion under ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to convert vacant buildings into immigrant detention facilities, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-13 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The statement issued from Rabbi Dov Lando, the leader of the Lithuanian-haredi public, was highly unusual in the context of Netanyahu’s relations with the haredim.
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[2026-05-13 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Several personnel, soldiers, and media reporters were gathered safely in one area inside the Senate of the Philippines after gunshots were heard inside the building.
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[2026-05-13 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Norway's Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Kravik has visited Iran to seek a diplomatic solution to the US-Iran war, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has told The National.
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[2026-05-13 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives sent the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate on Wednesday night.
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[2026-05-13 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: King Charles III has set out the government's law-making plans in a speech to Parliament.
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[2026-05-13 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Philippine Senate is in lockdown with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court had sought refuge.
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[2026-05-13 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Panic briefly erupted outside the Senate in Pasay City after gunshots were heard inside the Senate building on Wednesday, May 13, prompting supporters of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to surge toward the Senate gates.
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[2026-05-13 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A saleswoman shows off gold necklaces inside a jewelry store in Kolkata on Jan. 28. Dealers are reeling now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Indians to curtail purchases of the precious metal.
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[2026-05-13 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than a dozen gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate as police and marines moved in to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-13 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands before a meeting at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP, File)
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[2026-05-13 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Nadiem Makarim, a former Indonesian education minister and co-founder of the country's ride-hailing giant Gojek, faces 18 years in prison for alleged graft in the procurement of Google Chromebook laptops for remote schools. © Reuters
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[2026-05-13 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a disciplinary complaint against a German Senior Federal Public Prosecutor for dismissing a criminal complaint against a German-Israeli IDF soldier.
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[2026-05-13 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Volleys of gunshots were heard at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people were told to run for cover, Reuters witnesses heard, as chaos mounted in anticipation of an attempt to arrest a top senator wanted by the International Criminal Court.
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[2026-05-13 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A revised version of a controversial bill to establish a politically appointed investigative committee to probe government failures during the October 7 attacks removed wording calling for a “full, thorough, and independent investigation” into the attacks, as was shown during a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee meeting advancing the legislation on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denied testimony linking him to alleged 2009 efforts to reach an understanding with Yediot Aharonot publisher Arnon “Noni” Mozes, as his cross-examination continued in Case 2000 at the Tel Aviv District Court.
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[2026-05-13 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Watch a live view from the Senate in the Philippines after gunshots were heard.
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[2026-05-13 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Panic at the hallways as gunshots were heard inside the Senate of the Philippines. Police personnel from the Philippine National Police National Capital Region Police Office and Senate security immediately formed defensive lines and tightened security as tensions escalated in and outside the compound amid issues surrounding the ICC arrest warrant against Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa.
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[2026-05-13 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rival tax plans have drawn new battle lines ahead of the next election as the Coalition wages war on Labor’s property investor tax hikes and plots an automatic ongoing cut to income tax, rivalling Jim Chalmers’ plan to expand his new tax offset.
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[2026-05-13 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Opposition leader to unveil plan to dramatically cut number of migrants in budget reply speech on Thursday
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[2026-05-13 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wes Streeting is reportedly poised to resign as UK health secretary and launch a formal challenge to UK PM Keir Starmer in a Labour Party election.
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[2026-05-13 22:23 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ronald dela Rosa, accused of crimes against humanity by international criminal court, in standoff with authorities
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[2026-05-13 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chaos mounted in anticipation of an attempt to arrest a top senator wanted by the International Criminal Court
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[2026-05-13 22:21 UTC+10:00] [International Criminal Court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chaos mounted in anticipation of an attempt to arrest a top senator wanted by the International Criminal Court
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[2026-05-13 22:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung will meet Nobel economics laureate Peter Howitt later this week to listen to his opinions on the country's economic policies, a presidential spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 22:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung visited the headquarters of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, in Ulsan on Wednesday and pledged government support for the country's shipbuilding industry.
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[2026-05-13 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A broad majority in the Dutch parliament has backed a motion urging the government to deny entry to American rapper Kanye West ahead of his planned concerts in early June, local broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday. The step comes as more European countries are turning their backs on the controversial artist over his past anti-Semitic comments.
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[2026-05-13 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Military personnel enter the senate building where Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa has been under protective custody since Monday. (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez)
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[2026-05-13 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung visited the headquarters of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, in Ulsan on Wednesday and pledged government support for the country's shipbuilding industry.
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[2026-05-13 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In her acceptance speech, Hannah Spencer said she was “no different from every single person in this constituency”.
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[2026-05-13 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s King Charles III sits besides Queen Camilla during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, May 13, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
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[2026-05-13 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: According to reports, Health Minister Wes Streeting was preparing to resign as early as Thursday to challenge Starmer
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[2026-05-13 21:52 UTC+10:00] [Downing Street] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: According to reports, Health Minister Wes Streeting was preparing to resign as early as Thursday to challenge Starmer
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[2026-05-13 21:51 UTC+10:00] [Legislatures and Parliaments] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: King Charles III kicked off the new parliamentary session in Britain on Wednesday, reading out the agenda of Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the opening “king’s speech,” even as Mr. Starmer fought a rebellion in his party that could force him out of office before he has a chance to enact it.
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[2026-05-13 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung will meet Nobel economics laureate Peter Howitt later this week to listen to his opinions on the country's economic policies, a presidential spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A delegation led by Minister of Foreign Trade Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi met Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara in Damascus during the first UAE-Syria Investment Forum, as the countries move to expand economic engagement.
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[2026-05-13 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Canada is looking to build alliances with nations outside traditional partnerships – including the UAE – as global powers such as the US and China chart their own course, its Minister of National Defence has said.
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[2026-05-13 21:38 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Michael Howard
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[2026-05-13 21:37 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Aresna Villanueva
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[2026-05-13 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — It’s all kicking off between the French far right and the country’s biggest football star.
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