Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-07 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A suspected stash house in South Los Angeles run by gang members accused of deadly drug dealing at notoriously MacArthur Park was swarmed Wednesday morning by federal agents — who caught their targets allegedly trying to flush fentanyl down the toilet.
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[2026-05-07 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Secessionists in the western Canadian province of Alberta recently announced that they have gathered enough signatures to launch a referendum on independence from the rest of the country.
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[2026-05-07 07:02 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
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[2026-05-07 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Antigua and Barbuda has sworn in a new government under revised constitutional rules that for the first time removed allegiance to the British monarch from the official oath of office.
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[2026-05-07 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Antigua and Barbuda has sworn in a new government under revised constitutional rules that for the first time removed allegiance to the British monarch from the official oath of office.
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[2026-05-07 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Back in February, an otherwise dry senate hearing took an unexpected turn when a flustered treasury official confirmed a little known fact: Australia gets more tax from beer than gas exports.
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[2026-05-07 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Childcare workers in Wales have been told to call police on children as young as three if they are suspected of “racist” behavior, according to a new official guidance backed by the Labour government.
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[2026-05-07 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Childcare workers in Wales have been told to call police on children as young as three if they are suspected of “racist” behavior, according to a new official guidance backed by the Labour government.
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[2026-05-07 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Last year he became modern France’s first president to go to jail, in a case related to alleged Libyan funding in his 2007 election campaign
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[2026-05-07 06:33 UTC+10:00] [Bygmalion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Last year he became modern France’s first president to go to jail, in a case related to alleged Libyan funding in his 2007 election campaign
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[2026-05-07 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: History is likely to be as kind to Jerome Powell, the outgoing chair of the US Federal Reserve Board, as it has been to Winston Churchill. Today, Churchill is mainly remembered for his courageous leadership during World War II, when he mobilized Britons to fend off the Nazi onslaught.
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[2026-05-07 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Top Central African Republic opposition figure Anicet-Georges Dologuele on Wednesday criticised the state's "abuse of power" after he was prevented from leaving the country on the pretext he had lost his citizenship.
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[2026-05-07 06:24 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mining company cannot appeal against liability for 2015 dam collapse in Brazil. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-05-07 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: That’s some spicy Italian!
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[2026-05-07 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: That’s some spicy Italian!
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[2026-05-07 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness,
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[2026-05-07 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Hollywood blockbuster-inspired video that transforms Spencer Pratt into a Batman-like superhero is being praised as the Los Angeles mayoral candidate gains momentum just weeks before the election.
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[2026-05-07 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Orleans Parish School Board voted on Tuesday to accept an agreement on a funding battle that district officials said funneled around $135 million away from schools and towards municipal expenses, settling a 2019 lawsuit filed against the city of New Orleans by the district.
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[2026-05-07 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disney and director James Cameron have been sued in California federal court by an actor who alleges Cameron misused her likeness as the basis for the character Neytiri from the blockbuster “Avatar” films.
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[2026-05-07 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speaks beside a Shahed-136 drone during an event organized by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) in the Houses of Parliament in London on Oct. 14, 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-05-07 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Mamdani should not be picking and choosing which laws — local, state or federal — he is going to follow (“Zo slams ICE after hosp mob,” May 5).
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[2026-05-07 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lu Jianwang waits to enter a federal courthouse in New York, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-05-07 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Productivity is central to how economies grow. It measures how efficiently resources such as capital and labour are used to produce goods and services within a firm, a sector, or a country.
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[2026-05-07 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Muted May Day ceremonies and a visit by Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu were highlights of last week’s events but most attention was focused on the US$ 2.5 million scam involving the transfer of funds from the Treasury and the appointment of a new body to administer cricket in the country.
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[2026-05-07 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, center, will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, and Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda on May 12. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Nikkei and Reuters)
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka remained resilient through fiscal discipline, structural reforms, strengthened governance and strong international support, despite facing several challenges during recent times, including global uncertainties and tensions, shifting trade conditions and the impact of severe weather, Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya told the Sri Lanka Maldives Business Forum held in Colombo on May 5.
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Dhananjaya Lakshan, who scored a fighting 84
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena yesterday (06) ordered the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) to immediately investigate and file a report in Court regarding the misdirection of nearly US$ 600,000, which the Postal Department had intended to pay the United States Postal Service, but has instead been transferred to a third party.
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[2026-05-07 05:58 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) successfully held the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) Policy Dialogue 2026 on 28 April 2026 at the Randora Auditorium, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. The Meeting was co-chaired by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea.
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[2026-05-07 05:58 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka finished ahead of Pakistan to secure 15th place at the prestigious ITF World Junior Tennis Competition for Boys Under-14 Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying Tournament held in Kuching, Malaysia recently.
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[2026-05-07 05:58 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Prime Minister and Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya informed Parliament that the enrolment of students in Government universities for the 2025/2026 academic year will commence from the first week of September 2026.
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[2026-05-07 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is embracing digital innovation with “Discover Ceylon,” an immersive virtual experience designed to attract a new generation of global travellers through gaming.
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[2026-05-07 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump announced he is pausing ‘Project Freedom’, the US effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz, so he can finalise a deal with Iran, but added that his blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.
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[2026-05-07 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Foreign Affairs] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever has pushed back forcefully against criticism from U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White, who accused the country of being antisemitic.
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[2026-05-07 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu has climbed two places to No. 3 in the ICC Women’s T20I all-rounder rankings, reaching a career-best 368 rating points after her side’s 3–0 whitewash of Bangladesh this past week. The latest rankings, released yesterday, also reflect a strong overall rise for several Sri Lanka players following the successful series.
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[2026-05-07 05:54 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: JXG (Janashakthi Group), through its philanthropic arm the Janashakthi Foundation, has partnered with the President’s Fund to expand healthcare assistance for children under eighteen.
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[2026-05-07 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Experts are dubious that time will work in Mr. Trump’s favor. The United States “can certainly do more damage to the Iranian economy, but they have withstood more pressure than any other economy in history, and that hasn’t produced the collapse of the regime or more reasonable positions,” said Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist and director of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution.
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[2026-05-07 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Supreme Court (SC) five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena yesterday decided to dismiss appeal petitions filed by four convicts who were sentenced to death for the abduction, gang rape, and murder of 18-year-old schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vidya in Punguduthivu.
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[2026-05-07 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Global Innovation & Leadership Summit, organised by Zee Media and the WION International Media Network, was held last week at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, bringing together policymakers, business leaders and diplomats from Sri Lanka and India to strengthen bilateral ties and promote regional collaboration.
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[2026-05-07 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka has, for the first time, incorporated nuclear power into its base-case long-term electricity generation plan, signaling a significant policy shift as the country explores solutions to its growing energy demand and long-term climate commitments.
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[2026-05-07 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A case filed against former Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody for allegedly causing a loss of over Rs. 8.8 million to the Government by misappropriating funds belonging to Ceylon Fertilizer Company while serving as its Procurement Manager in 2016, was yesterday fixed for trial on June 17 by the Colombo High Court.
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[2026-05-07 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Today how you USE information and INTERPRET information will determine the quality of your life, as has been the case throughout history. Today the tools have merely evolved into the next stage. Throughout history, our societies and economies have functioned through the transfer of information, from individual to individual and from organisation to organisation.
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[2026-05-07 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lankan triathlete Shane Amarasinghe produced a superb performance to win the gold medal in the men’s 25-29 age category at the 2026 Bargara Sprint Distance Triathlon held in Queensland, Australia recently
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[2026-05-07 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Deputy Minister Chathuranga Abeysinghe told Parliament yesterday that the Government has provided collateral-free loans to 1,600 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through the National Credit Guarantee Institution Limited (NCGIL) for the first time in history.
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[2026-05-07 05:45 UTC+10:00] [Law & Order] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Wildlife Conservation Director General to launch a re-plantation programme to restore forest areas cleared near the Nakolagane Purana Raja Maha Viharaya.
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