Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Thursday reduced former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's sentence from 23 years to 15 years in prison over his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law.
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[2026-05-07 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- A special government team has been sent to Dubai to investigate the cause of a now-extinguished fire on a South Korean-operated vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 11:54 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hot on the heels of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s blunt rejection of a popular campaign to ramp up gas company taxes, Labor is set to reveal terms of the first-ever east coast gas reservation policy to force exporters to hold back supply for local users.
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[2026-05-07 11:54 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-07 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will discuss cooperation in the fight against organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, Brazil's finance minister Dario Durigan said Wednesday, one day ahead of the scheduled meeting between the presidents.
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[2026-05-07 11:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People visit the Supreme Court, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-07 11:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The University of Virginia’s Center for Politics shifted 17 House races Wednesday in response to redistricting, primary elections and congressional scandals.
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[2026-05-07 11:40 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Spend a bit of time with an ageing former member of the federal press gallery and you’re likely to find yourself entertained – and possibly shocked – by stories from what was known as the Non-Members’ Bar at the Old Parliament House in Canberra.
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[2026-05-07 11:36 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Venice: The head of Australia’s peak arts agency believes the creative sector must prepare for more political storms over free speech, after fierce criticism of artist Khaled Sabsabi led to him being temporarily dumped as the nation’s choice for the Venice Biennale.
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[2026-05-07 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The government will extend its ban on hoarding petroleum products for another two months amid continued supply concerns stemming from the standoff in the Middle East, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 11:22 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-07 11:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will continue to pursue its "peaceful coexistence" policy aimed at establishing peace with North Korea despite Pyongyang's recent constitutional revision viewed to be aimed at distancing itself from the South, the presidential office said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will continue to pursue its "peaceful coexistence" policy aimed at establishing peace with North Korea despite Pyongyang's recent constitutional revision viewed to be aimed at distancing itself from the South, the presidential office said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The government will try to identify all unclaimed fallen soldiers buried at national cemeteries and bestow state honors on them, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by 'Sundance' via The Last Refuge blog,
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[2026-05-07 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Melbourne fans will be able to watch World Cup matches at Federation Square later this year. (ABC News: Natalie Whiting )
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[2026-05-07 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-05-07 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-05-07 10:38 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘A few dickheads’ shouldn’t stop events, says Victorian premier
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[2026-05-07 10:18 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Soccer fans will be able to watch this year’s World Cup at Federation Square after the state government overturned the venue’s decision to ban screenings of the tournament due to poor behaviour from viewers in past years.
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[2026-05-07 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan has met with Canadian government and industry officials to ask for support for a South Korean consortium's bid to win Canada's key submarine project and discuss expanding industrial and resource partnership between the two countries, Kim's office said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pyongyang has dropped references to ‘national reunification’ and redefined borders in its revised constitution
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[2026-05-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Korea Institute for National Unification] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pyongyang has dropped references to ‘national reunification’ and redefined borders in its revised constitution
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[2026-05-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-07 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is escalating accusations against his Democrat rival Xavier Becerra, claiming a taxpayer-funded nonprofit is helping build a political ground game powered by immigrant communities, including those without legal status.
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[2026-05-07 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jamiah Irby is removed by a state trooper from a Senate committee meeting during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-05-07 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a purported suicide note attributed to Jeffrey Epstein, written before his first reported incident in July 2019 and discovered by his then-cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, tucked inside a graphic novel. The undated, unsigned document - released as part of Tartaglione’s unrelated criminal case docket - contains lines such as "They investigated me for month - found NOTHING!!!" and references to saying goodbye.
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[2026-05-07 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cheer leaders dance before the Indian Premier League cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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[2026-05-07 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stickers sit on a table inside a polling place, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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[2026-05-07 09:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US federal judge has unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein, nearly seven years after the disgraced financier died in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
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[2026-05-07 09:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US federal judge has unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein, nearly seven years after the disgraced financier died in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
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[2026-05-07 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents alongside other law enforcement officers work the scene near MacArthur Park after federal authorities made arrests on charges related to selling illicit drugs on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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[2026-05-07 09:20 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A federal judge has released a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein that was sealed for years as part of the criminal case of his cellmate.
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[2026-05-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's first plans to invest in the United States under a bilateral trade deal can be announced after a relevant law goes into effect in June, Seoul's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics,
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[2026-05-07 09:11 UTC+10:00] [Jeffrey Epstein] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Epstein’s cellmate in New York City says he found note after convicted sexual offender attempted suicide in July 2019
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[2026-05-07 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A year-long probe into UCLA’s medical school uncovered illegal race-based admissions practices, the federal Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Millions of people across England, Scotland and Wales are set to vote in the largest set of polls since the general election in 2024.
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[2026-05-07 08:49 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australians can trust that spats outside polling booths and fights over political posters will signal when election day is around the corner.
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[2026-05-07 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – A group of Democrats in the United States Congress have called on the State Department to break the US government’s longstanding silence on Israel’s nuclear capabilities.
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[2026-05-07 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a ceremony at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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[2026-05-07 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is pushing to revise the country's pacifist constitution. The BBC's Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori explains why the country is shifting away from it's anti-war stance, and why there are increasing protests in response.
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[2026-05-07 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Federal agents from the FBI executed court-authorized search warrants Wednesday morning at the Portsmouth legislative office of longtime Democratic Virginia State Sen. L. Louise Lucas and at an adjacent cannabis retail business she co-owns, as part of an ongoing federal corruption probe tied to marijuana dispensary operations.
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[2026-05-07 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Conservative: Bam’s Bogus Voting-Rights Gripe
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[2026-05-07 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-05-07 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: First rule of politics: Never ignore the will of your base. Second rule of politics: Never make your party and your supporters weaker, or the opposing party stronger.
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[2026-05-07 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The American Medical Association (AMA) has written a series of letters urging legislative safeguards to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical and mental health fields.
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[2026-05-07 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The French Senate has adopted a proposed law aimed at combating Islamist infiltration (208-124).
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[2026-05-07 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
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