Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-06 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Nishadi Perera of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda and Abhiru Perera of Killerspin TT Academy emerged women’s and men’s champions in the Ping Pong Academy Invitational Table Tennis Tournament played at the Gateway International School Indoor Stadium over the weekend.
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[2026-05-06 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Toastmasters movement is set to take centre stage this month with Ovation 2026, the flagship annual conference of Toastmasters International District 82, bringing together some of the country’s most accomplished communicators and emerging leaders.
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[2026-05-06 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SLT‑MOBITEL, the National ICT Solutions Provider, was ranked among Sri Lanka’s Top 20 Employers for 2026, as announced by AICPA & CIMA.
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[2026-05-06 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Hayleys Solar, one of Sri Lanka’s No. 1 solar solutions provider, has installed an 80kW AC solar power system at Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, Anuradhapura. Initiated through the generous efforts of Kumuduni Abeysiriwardena together with other donors, this project supports the temple’s energy requirements with a sustainable solution, contributing to environmental preservation while ensuring long-term cost efficiency.
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[2026-05-06 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), the cultural arm of the High Commission of India, Colombo, commemorated the 77th Foundation Day of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Colombo on Monday 4 at Hotel Taj Samudra.
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[2026-05-06 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III would reply soon to the Supreme Court's order directing the senator to reply on the indirect contempt case filed against.
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[2026-05-06 05:31 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: HUTCH Sri Lanka is leveraging its international pedigree to bring the best of enterprise solutions to help Sri Lankan businesses leapfrog into a new era. As the country pushes forward with its digital ambitions, the company, backed by its parent, the global Fortune 500 giant – CK Hutchison Holdings, sees this as the right time to unlock the global digital expertise it thrives on.
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[2026-05-06 05:31 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Browns Hotels & Resorts, in collaboration with Periceyl, turned up the energy and artistry with the conclusion of Quintessential Bartender 2026 — an inter-hotel bartending competition created to spotlight, sharpen, and celebrate the group’s finest talent.
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[2026-05-06 05:31 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: ‘Govt began probe into Treasury cyber theft long before Opposition knew about it’
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Champion Palamunai Minhaj MV elle team with officials
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: DIMO’s Engine Care unit, one of the company’s long-standing and most technically specialised operations, has undergone a significant transformation, marking a new chapter in its evolution from a traditionally expertise-driven workshop into a modern, customer-focused engineering facility.
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[2026-05-06 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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[2026-05-06 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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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) issuing a statement yesterday relating to the media briefings and social media posts being made against SLIC’s investment in treasury bond auction on April 9, 2026, noted those media releases are baseless.
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[2026-05-06 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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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SriLankan Airlines led with two wins in the Airline Award category for South Asia, securing both Best Overall Passenger Experience and Most Improved Airline at the PAX International Readership Awards 2026 held recently in Hamburg, Germany. The awards celebrate the industry’s best and brightest, with winners determined by votes from PAX’s global readership.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s flagship travel and tourism exhibition, Sancharaka Udawa 2026, will take place on May 15 and 16, bringing together a strong line-up of international buyers and local industry stakeholders in a move expected to boost the country’s tourism recovery and global positioning.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Some of the personnel who participated in the alumni celebration
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The change in VAT on financial services to 20.5% is not an additional tax increase but a consolidation of the existing 18% VAT and the 2.5% Social Security Contribution Levy (SSCL).
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: We all value our lives. No one wants to fall victim to an accident. We do not wish to put our lives at risk while using public roads. But what happens when certain individuals put our lives in danger? Should we stop using public roads at night? What are we supposed to do if we fall ill and need medical care?
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[2026-05-06 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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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has been refused permission to dock, with nearly 150 people still on board – two of them seriously ill. The virus is suspected to have killed three passengers and sickened four more, with one patient hospitalised in critical condition, authorities said.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Bangladesh’s worsening measles epidemic followed the interim government’s decision to halt vaccine procurement through UNICEF and switch to an open tender system, despite warnings that the move could disrupt routine immunisation and trigger an outbreak, according to a Science.org report.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A former MP of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and member of the Hanguranketha Pradeshiya Sabha who had defrauded individuals by promising foreign employment opportunities and embezzled over Rs. 20 million from the victims were arrested by the Police Unit officials of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) on May 1.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Illegal Assets Investigation Division (IAID) of the Central Criminal Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has frozen assets valued at over Rs.40 million allegedly acquired through drug trafficking by an individual known as “Dubai Asitha”, the chief accomplice of large-scale drug trafficker Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne, alias “Panadura Kudu Salindu.”
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Two youth died in a road accident in Jaffna when the motorcycle they were travelling on crashed into a wall after the rider reportedly lost control.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Borella Police have arrested three prison guards on suspicion regarding the death of an inmate who was serving a sentence at the Welikada Prison.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama yesterday (05) ordered the release of Kapila Chandrasena, the former CEO of SriLankan Airlines, on bail. Chandrasena had been held in remand custody in connection with the alleged acceptance of a $2 million bribe during the procurement of Airbus aircraft for the airline.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A record number of people have applied to participate in the 2027 London Marathon via the public ballot.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Some human-to-human transmission may have occurred on board the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak that has left three people dead and several others ill, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: WERAGAMA – IAN – Loving husband of the late Pushpa Weragama, devoted father of Narendra, Rudra, and Rukshan and father-in-law of Deepthi, Narelle and Roshithri, adoring grandfather of Trevin, Rithika and great-grandfather of Khaleesi, beloved son of Harrold and Amitha Weragama, cherished brother of Asela, the late Ayoma, Senaka, Nalini and Sunitha Weragama.
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[2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In line with the project to digitize railway services, a pilot project to introduce a digital ticket instead of the traditional physical ticket has been launched at several stations in the Kelani Valley line such as the Baseline Road, Cotta Road, Kirulapone, and Narahenpita. At these stations, the traditional tickets previously issued have been discontinued and instead, passengers are now issued a receipt containing a QR code.
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[2026-05-06 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-05-06 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Most Israelis believe that ending the war with Iran in the current terms is not aligned with Israel's security interests, while 62% of Israelis think there is a high likelihood of the war resuming, a survey by IDI's Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research revealed on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The first electoral test for Matt Canavan and Angus Taylor sees the opposition at serious risk of losing Farrer for the first time since 1949. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)
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[2026-05-06 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Opposition clubs expect top-10 draftees Elijah Tsatas, Archie Perkins and potentially Nik Cox not to be at Essendon next year as the Bombers’ list transformation in the post-Adrian Dodoro era continues.
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[2026-05-06 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: After four years of caution, Anthony Albanese is about to break a major promise on tax and unveil a budget the Labor faithful have been longing for since May 2022.
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[2026-05-06 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Declining Melbourne house prices and a broader property downturn are set to strip nearly $2 billion from the state budget over the next three years, even as the Treasurer bets on a swift market recovery.
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[2026-05-06 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A big-time NYC real estate developer slammed Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his “ugly” political stunt outside Citadel CEO Ken Griffin’s apartment touting his pledge to tax the rich, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-06 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A controversial bill to impose Connecticut’s first regulations on homeschooling gained final passage in the Senate after lengthy debate Monday evening. Senators voted, largely along party lines, passing the legislation 22-14 just before midnight.
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[2026-05-06 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Over the past several days Western leaders have flocked to Armenia, a post-Soviet nation of 3 million people which hosts a Russian military base, for what Western media has described as a “historic summit,” charting Yerevan’s path away from Moscow and highlighting the EU’s purportedly growing responsibility for world affairs.
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[2026-05-06 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The prime minister posted an example of a fake image appearing to show her sitting on her bed in her underwear
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[2026-05-06 04:25 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The prime minister posted an example of a fake image appearing to show her sitting on her bed in her underwear
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[2026-05-06 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chennai Super Kings’ Sanju Samson plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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[2026-05-06 04:03 UTC+10:00] [Labour party leadership] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tom Watson, who had role in attempted coup against Tony Blair in 2006, said move would go down extremely badly with voters
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[2026-05-06 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has firmly rejected any compromises, insisting on securing ten reserved spots on Likud’s national list, according to a report on Tuesday by Channel 14's Yehuda Schlesinger.
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[2026-05-06 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In a shocking interview, Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made explosive comments that sparked outrage across the political spectrum. When asked whether the formation of a coalition government with an Arab party was worse than the October 7 massacre, Smotrich’s blunt response was, "obviously."
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[2026-05-06 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Outgoing Air Force Chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar on Tuesday called for an independent inquiry into the October 7 disaster at the ceremony in which his top deputy, Omer Tishler, was appointed to replace him.
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[2026-05-06 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Manchester City did not choke at Everton to hand Arsenal the advantage but it was another reminder the Premier League’s random qualities are still key
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[2026-05-06 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syria on Tuesday declared it had foiled a Hezbollah plot to assassinate members of President Ahmad Al Shara's government, as police seized weapons and explosives in raids across the country.
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