Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI start-up MiroMind has relocated some staff to Singapore to divide operations for compliance amid heightened scrutiny
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[2026-05-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One in seven public service jobs would be axed and the state’s budget returned to a cash surplus within six years under Opposition Leader Jess Wilson’s plan to rebuild Victoria’s finances.
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[2026-05-07 23:59 UTC+10:00] [AI Act] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Der wirtschaftspolitische Podcast von POLITICO Deutschland.
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[2026-05-07 23:55 UTC+10:00] [Daniel Vorcaro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Polícia Federal realizou nesta quinta‑feira (07/05) uma operação de busca e apreensão contra o senador Ciro Nogueira (PP‑PI), que também é presidente do partido Progressistas. A corporação afirma que ele teve restaurantes, hospedagens e viagens internacionais custeados pelo Banco Master, além de receber pagamentos mensais do conglomerado financeiro de Daniel Vorcaro.
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[2026-05-07 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. authorities are investigating more than $2.6 billion in oil futures shorts that landed within minutes of major announcements tied to the 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a widening inquiry into potential misuse of material non-public information in one of the most liquid and geopolitically sensitive commodity markets on earth, ABC News reports.
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[2026-05-07 23:51 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-07 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: After failing to achieve a breakthrough in their border dispute, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and his Thai counterpart, Anutin Charnvirakul, right, held a press conference on Thursday evening alongside their host, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit in Cebu, the Philippines. © Reuters
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[2026-05-07 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than two weeks.
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[2026-05-07 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Italy intends to recruit thousands of Filipino nurses to address healthcare workforce gap as it identified the Philippines as a key partner in meeting this demand, the Philippine Embassy in Rome said.
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[2026-05-07 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ivory Coast’s government has dissolved the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) after sustained opposition criticism over its handling of elections.
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[2026-05-07 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-05-07 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that the national government is moving “full speed” toward the conduct of the first regular parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) on Sept. 14.
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[2026-05-07 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: LEIPZIG, Germany, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit, the world's largest annual gathering of transport ministers, on Thursday added three new members and adopted two policy recommendations this year aimed at strengthening resilience in the transport sector.
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[2026-05-07 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with passage of aviation safety bill in last 4 paras)
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[2026-05-07 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Football] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Entain wants no operators unlicensed in UK as sponsors
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[2026-05-07 22:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday held phone talks with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and called for closer cooperation with the Netherlands in advanced technologies, his spokesperson said.
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[2026-05-07 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Millions of people across the United Kingdom are heading to the polls in what is shaping up to be the most significant electoral test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s embattled government since it rose to power in a landslide victory in 2024.
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[2026-05-07 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Suburban Rail Loop] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Additional funding for the costly 90km public transport project promised ahead of state’s November election
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[2026-05-07 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pour $3.8 billion into the Suburban Rail Loop despite inflation and debt fears, money that Labor will place in a “locked box” only to be spent on a project that federal and state Coalition parties have remained steadfast against.
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[2026-05-07 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday held phone talks with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and called for closer cooperation with the Netherlands in advanced technologies, his spokesperson said.
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[2026-05-07 22:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with ambassadors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between South Korea and Southeast Asia, officials said.
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[2026-05-07 22:19 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar is at loggerheads with the European Commission in the first real test of the post-Viktor Orbán reset: How much of Budapest’s frozen EU funds can he bring home?
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[2026-05-07 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: France's interior minister has condemned violence that broke out in the Paris region after PSG's Uefa Champions League semi-final victory against Bayern Munich late on Wednesday night.
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[2026-05-07 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Dozens of people who had been on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship disembarked on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, including a woman who later died, the Dutch government and the ship's operator have said.
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[2026-05-07 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with ambassadors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between South Korea and Southeast Asia, officials said.
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[2026-05-07 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Protests will take place on Friday against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale, with a 24-hour cultural strike called by a coalition of Italian and international unions and activist groups.
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[2026-05-07 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday awarded the Order of Civil Merit to the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese, in an apparent show of solidarity with the expert sanctioned by the US for her work.
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[2026-05-07 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Metropolitan Police have arrested a man on suspicion of selling a phone which belonged to Morgan McSweeney at a time when he was the prime minister's chief of staff.
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[2026-05-07 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s political map was shaken this week after former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid announced a joint political alliance ahead of the next elections, reigniting debate over whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running dominance of Israeli politics may finally face a serious challenge.
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[2026-05-07 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday awarded the Order of Civil Merit to the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese, in an apparent show of solidarity with the expert sanctioned by the US for her work.
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[2026-05-07 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Protests will take place on Friday against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale, with a 24-hour cultural strike called by a coalition of Italian and international unions and activist groups.
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[2026-05-07 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Efforts by the German authorities to ban the display of Soviet flags or St. George ribbons during celebrations of the defeat of Nazism are blatant discrimination against Russia, former European Parliament Member Gunnar Beck has told RT.
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[2026-05-07 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Efforts by the German authorities to ban the display of Soviet flags or St. George ribbons during celebrations of the defeat of Nazism are blatant discrimination against Russia, former European Parliament Member Gunnar Beck has told RT.
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[2026-05-07 21:24 UTC+10:00] [Hospitals] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The Spanish government is facing criticism for sending mixed signals over how it plans to handle passengers of a virus-stricken cruise due to dock in the Canary Islands this weekend.
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[2026-05-07 21:22 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Education has announced that second-round online appeals for Grade 6 school admissions for 2026, based on the results of the 2025 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, will be accepted from May 8 to May 29, 2026.
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[2026-05-07 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: All eyes on UK local elections (Britain's 'Midterms') today.
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[2026-05-07 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People stand in front of the Greek Parliament as vehicles drive past in central Athens, on Nov. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
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[2026-05-07 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s most popular format for political content recently seems to be reading aloud invective-laden transcripts of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political allies scheming about stealing in Russian. The ‘Mindich tapes’ could have serious ramifications for the government, as they purport to implicate Zelensky in unabashed corruption.
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[2026-05-07 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s most popular format for political content recently seems to be reading aloud invective-laden transcripts of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political allies scheming about stealing in Russian. The ‘Mindich tapes’ could have serious ramifications for the government, as they purport to implicate Zelensky in unabashed corruption.
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[2026-05-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
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[2026-05-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Such a move could reshape the electoral map ahead of the midterms by carving up a majority-Black congressional district
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[2026-05-07 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: An American citizen has applied for political asylum in Spain's Balearic Islands, claiming that he fears returning to the US due to his politics.
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[2026-05-07 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COTABATO CITY – Dozens of politicians accompanied by thousands of supporters from 16 different accredited regional political parties trooped to Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) field offices on Thursday to file certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the 32 district slots in the upcoming Parliament poll of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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[2026-05-07 20:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government froze the price ceilings on fuel products for the third consecutive time Thursday, in the face of continued volatility in global energy prices.
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[2026-05-07 20:41 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has refiled a case before the Colombo High Court against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, relating to the purchase of Greek Treasury bond investments in 2012.
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[2026-05-07 20:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-07 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Former president of Cameroon’s National Assembly and longtime political figure Cavaye Yéguié Djibril has died at the age of 86.
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[2026-05-07 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A young Russian woman who was part of a secretive online group calling for protests against government internet restrictions has fled the country after being held in police detention for two weeks and reportedly facing pressure from security services.
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[2026-05-07 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The government froze the price ceilings on fuel products for the third consecutive time Thursday, in the face of continued volatility in global energy prices.
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[2026-05-07 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Redistricting across the US has turned into all-out war between the Democrats and the Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November.
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