Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 21:42 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: MP Ravi Karunanayake has declined his entitlement to the parliamentary Group Insurance Scheme and requested that the funds be redirected to the “Ditwah” Relief Fund, which supports recovery efforts following Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2026-05-05 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposal from group that worked with AOC and Bernie Sanders seeks to counter claim that climate policy is politically toxic
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[2026-05-05 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: For the first time in its 46-year history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won the state of West Bengal, arguably the Hindu nationalist party’s most consequential victory since 2014, the year Modi first came to power in India.
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[2026-05-05 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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[2026-05-05 21:25 UTC+10:00] [Elections in Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The Romanian parliament ousted center-right Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan by passing a vote of no confidence in his government on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The British government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 35 individuals and entities accused of trafficking vulnerable migrants to fight in Ukraine and supplying critical components to Russian drone manufacturers.
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[2026-05-05 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ties within Western blocs are becoming increasingly strained, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has admitted, after he sparred with US President Donald Trump over the Iran war on several occasions.
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[2026-05-05 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ties within Western blocs are becoming increasingly strained, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has admitted, after he sparred with US President Donald Trump over the Iran war on several occasions.
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[2026-05-05 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks, during a meeting with leaders from across society to discuss tackling antisemitism, at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (Hannah McKay/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-05-05 21:12 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump-endorsed candidate facing a long-shot challenge from car designer and YouTube provocateur Casey Putsch
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[2026-05-05 21:10 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to travel to China today as part of ongoing diplomatic consultations between Tehran and Beijing, Iran’s semi-official news agency Mehr reported Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two years after winning a landslide and ending 14 years of Conservative rule, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a tough stress test.
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[2026-05-05 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-05-05 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A month of a shaky ceasefire has provided Tehran the opportunity to husband its resources and begin to think of new tactics and strategy. Iran is now testing the ceasefire to see how far it can push. It has already done this on other fronts in limited ways, for instance, by attacking Kurdish opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.
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[2026-05-05 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan arrives at a parliament session ahead of a no confidence vote in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-05-05 20:41 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Kyle Sandilands has admitted to repeatedly berating his co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson on and off air, but told the Federal Court that the KIIS network encouraged him by promoting clips of the pair’s blow-ups with titles telling listeners to hear the “EXPLOSIVE off air fight”.
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[2026-05-05 20:39 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Three people have died, including two volunteer rescuers, after a yacht sank and a rescue boat rolled in choppy conditions off Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coast.
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[2026-05-05 20:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 20:09 UTC+10:00] [Football] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: David Squires on … an unexpected cameo amid all the Premier League drama
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[2026-05-05 20:03 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) believes that the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections should proceed as scheduled on September 14 this year.
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[2026-05-05 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: MK Eitan Ginzburg will leave the Blue and White Party, led by MK Benny Gantz, and has held consultations on joining other parties, the party confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania were sentenced Monday to four years in prison after insulting the president and making claims of racial bias, their lawyers told The Associated Press.
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[2026-05-05 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US government debt held by the public just surpassed America’s entire annual economic output — a milestone that signals a rapidly approaching fiscal cliff.
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[2026-05-05 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An American flag is outside the state capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 25, 2004. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)
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[2026-05-05 19:59 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a Rs. 476 million digital transformation project to modernise academic and administrative operations at the University of Kelaniya over a two-year period from 2026 to 2027.
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[2026-05-05 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Among the job losses are 19 teaching positions, four casual teaching positions, two permanent prison training officers and a fixed-term prison training officer. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)
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[2026-05-05 19:57 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: This statement is with reference to the media briefing and social media posts being made against SLIC’s investment in treasury bond auction on 9th April 2026.
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[2026-05-05 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A criminal complaint has been filed against several high-ranking Norwegian politicians, including the country’s prime minister, over their alleged complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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[2026-05-05 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The premier’s most senior public servant has ordered an investigation into the management and workplace culture of NSW’s greyhound racing regulator, which one NSW MP claimed has a toxic culture.
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[2026-05-05 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a remarkable world leader, but her blink-and-you-miss-it visit to Australia proved remarkably uneventful.
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[2026-05-05 19:29 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-05 19:27 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-05 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE will look to achieve greater self-reliance across sectors, after taking the decision to leave Opec, the country's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure said.
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[2026-05-05 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Thousands of pro-government supporters took to the streets of the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on Monday in support of United States sanctions against Joseph Kabila.
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[2026-05-05 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK —The expansion of government surveillance efforts in China — and the role that U.S. tech firms played in it — was the foundation of investigative stories from The Associated Press that won a Pulitzer Prize Monday for international reporting.
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[2026-05-05 19:01 UTC+10:00] [Primaries and Caucuses] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Lobs a Shot at Corporate Media2:28
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[2026-05-05 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
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[2026-05-05 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: EDMONTON — Alberta separatists submitted stacks of boxes to election officials on Monday, which they said contained the signatures of more than 300,000 supporters, enough names to force an independence referendum in Canada's oil-rich province.
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[2026-05-05 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Marcos has ordered the Department of Agriculture to do everything possible to lower the price of rice. The President also ordered authorities to go after hoarders and profiteers taking advantage of the situation. According to Malacañang, if there is a collusion to increase rice prices, the government will not hesitate to file cases and may impose a price cap.
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[2026-05-05 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in critical minerals and infrastructure, Seoul's finance ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — The Sudanese government accused Ethiopia of being behind recent drone attacks on sites including Khartoum airport and recalled its ambassador on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Phil Foden has won six Premier League titles with Manchester City
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[2026-05-05 18:28 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The prime minister said the attack in Golders Green is ‘part of a pattern of rising antisemitism’ in the country
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[2026-05-05 18:19 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to comment on a petition challenging the automated counting of votes at the precinct level in the 2025 polls.
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[2026-05-05 18:19 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has cancelled two of her book tour stops, days after her partner, Dr Reza Adib, was charged with rape.
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[2026-05-05 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party achieved a historic election win in West Bengal on Monday, strengthening its grip on power as the country grapples with economic challenges and a pressing need for reforms.
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[2026-05-05 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has accused neighbouring Pakistan of killing three civilians in a cross-border attack, which Kabul has condemned as a “war crime”.
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[2026-05-05 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Voters in the US state of Ohio are set to go to the polls in the state’s primaries, where they will pick candidates for several key positions in the upcoming midterm elections in November.
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[2026-05-05 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Western European governments and EU bureaucrats are advancing tighter regulations on VPNs as part of a broader push for "online age verification" and their ‘Chat Control’ agenda. Privacy advocates and digital rights groups warn that Europe is drifting towards a surveillance and censorship regime similar to internet restrictions and firewalls used by Russia and China.
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[2026-05-05 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks with media at the headquarters of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka District, south of Tokyo, on Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)
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