Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-Premier He Lifeng urges dialogue as both sides seek to manage differences and keep trade ties on steady footing
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[2026-05-01 00:25 UTC+10:00] [Scott Bessent] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-Premier He Lifeng urges dialogue as both sides seek to manage differences and keep trade ties on steady footing
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[2026-05-01 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday condemned Israel's seizure of aid ships bound for Gaza, and demanded the immediate release of all Italian citizens who have been “unlawfully detained”.
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[2026-05-01 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) on Thursday said a planned congressional inquiry into the April 19 clash in Toboso, Negros Occidental should lead to concrete legislation to prevent similar incidents.
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[2026-05-01 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The British billionaire behind a record donation to Reform UK has insisted Sir Keir Starmer's planned crackdown on political finance will not stop him from giving money to the party.
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[2026-05-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In what can only be described as one of the biggest single-day victories for the Second Amendment in decades, the DOJ and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives dropped a bombshell yesterday: a landmark package of 34 regulatory actions designed to slash red tape, repeal overreaches, modernize outdated rules, and refocus the agency on actual criminals instead of law-abiding Americans.
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[2026-04-30 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama issued a verbal warning about the yen's weakness on Thursday. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-04-30 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama issued a verbal warning about the yen's weakness on Thursday. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-04-30 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The economy also recovered from last autumn’s 43-day federal shutdown
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[2026-04-30 23:50 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The economy also recovered from last autumn’s 43-day federal shutdown
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[2026-04-30 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Speaking at a televised Cabinet meeting on March 26, the US secretary of defense boasted of US military successes against Iran in the ongoing war. “Never in recorded history has a nation’s military been so quickly and so effectively neutralised,” he said, seated next to US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-30 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Is Nicole Avant, a stalwart supporter of the Obamas and longtime LA democrat changing her political stripes?
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[2026-04-30 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The trial of four Indonesian soldiers accused of carrying out an acid attack on an activist who had campaigned against the expanding role of the armed forces in government has begun in a military court in Jakarta.
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[2026-04-30 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-30 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SENATOR Win Gatchalian is urging the Social Security System (SSS) to implement a moratorium on loan payments, similar to a move by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), to help the middle class cope with the ripple effects of high fuel prices driven by the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-30 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UK's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall, has called for a "moratorium" on pro-Palestine marches because of recent antisemitic attacks in London.
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[2026-04-30 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Armed violence has intensified in Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked armed group working with separatists attacked several military bases across multiple cities, including areas where senior government officials live, and took control of the northern city of Kidal.
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[2026-04-30 23:25 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Aresna Villaneuva
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[2026-04-30 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The US is reportedly proposing an international coalition help open the Strait of Hormuz after the conflict ends. (Reuters)
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[2026-04-30 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to face intense pressure and the potential collapse of his spell in Downing Street, as the Peter Mandelson appointment saga rumbles on.
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[2026-04-30 23:11 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First quarter output, driven by AI investment and government spending, rose as oil shock fuels inflation fears
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[2026-04-30 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Thursday that his country's control over the Strait of Hormuz would ensure a future without US presence in the area.
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[2026-04-30 23:09 UTC+10:00] [clima] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Com o governo federal atrasado no planejamento para reduzir os combustíveis fósseis, vários segmentos da sociedade civil atuam para influenciar o formato do prometido "mapa do caminho" nacional.
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[2026-04-30 23:00 UTC+10:00] [5G] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Britain will take a “grown up” approach to Chinese involvement in its energy system, a senior government official told POLITICO, after the government blocked a deal which would have seen a Chinese firm build a wind turbine factory in Scotland.
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[2026-04-30 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday she was suspending her campaign for the US Senate — clearing the way for far-left candidate Graham Platner to face five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
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[2026-04-30 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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[2026-04-30 22:55 UTC+10:00] [E Jean Carroll] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Decision from federal appeals court comes almost 18 months after Trump appealed following 2024 election win
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[2026-04-30 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been urgently transferred to a hospital after a sharp deterioration in his health, his party has announced, calling for his immediate release.
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[2026-04-30 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The new alliance between former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will not dissolve Yesh Atid, and it has received a positive response from both party members and the public, Yesh Atid MKs Merav Ben Ari and Vladimir Beliak told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, speaking on strategy behind the move.
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[2026-04-30 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo, left, and Brentford’s Mikkel Damsgaard fight for the ball during the Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Brentford in Manchester, England, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
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[2026-04-30 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indonesia’s Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid, center, speaks to the media as the Director General for Digital Space Supervision Alexander Sabar, right, and Roblox’s Vice President for Global Public Policy Nicky Jackson Colaco, left, listen during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Edna Tarigan)
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[2026-04-30 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax, downplayed fears that the UAE's planned OPEC exit will trigger an immediate oil price war and race to the bottom.
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[2026-04-30 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gas prices are displayed at a gasoline station, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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[2026-04-30 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Consumers faced escalating prices in March as the Iran war sent oil soaring and created a new level of challenges for the Federal Reserve.
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[2026-04-30 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s envoy for South Asia, Sergio Gor, is visiting Nepal on Thursday, hoping to clinch a meeting with a prime minister averse to meeting to junior officials from foreign countries, local media has reported.
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[2026-04-30 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, poses for photos with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Beijing on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Cai Yang/Xinhua via AP)
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[2026-04-30 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will pursue legal and diplomatic means to bring fugitive former lawmaker Zaldy Co home to the Philippines, Malacañang said on April 30, 2026. This, after Marcos received the confirmation from Chargé d’Affaires of Czech Republic Eva Tenzin that Co had indeed been detained by Czech authorities due to invalid travel documents, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said.
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[2026-04-30 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- The yen surged into the 155-per-dollar range from around 160 -- a move that followed Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and other officials verbally warned against excessive yen depreciation on Thursday evening.
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[2026-04-30 22:08 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-30 21:52 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines prepares to host the 48th Asean Summit, the Atin Ito coalition launched its fourth civilian mission to Pag-asa Island on Thursday, delivering a message to leaders: the West Philippine Sea must be defended as a zone of peace and solidarity.
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[2026-04-30 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Brics members Iran and the UAE as belligerents, the bloc has failed to reach a common position on the Middle East conflict
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[2026-04-30 21:49 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Brics members Iran and the UAE as belligerents, the bloc has failed to reach a common position on the Middle East conflict
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[2026-04-30 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the northern West Bank, north of Tapuah Junction, there is a relatively new bypass road that goes around the Arab town of Huwara. There was a time when there were frequent clashes in Hawara, including a number of attacks on Israelis. Now, the bypass road shifts Israeli traffic to a route around the large Palestinian town.
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[2026-04-30 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraq has a new prime minister and president almost six months after it held elections in November 2025.
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[2026-04-30 21:48 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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[2026-04-30 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on April 30, 2026 unveils the 'Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport' (UPLIFT) microsite, which reflects the government’s efforts to cushion the impact of surging oil prices driven by the war in the Middle East. In a press conference in Malacañang, Budget Undersecretary Goddes Hope Libiran said the new 'transparency tool' was a fulfillment of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s promise of 'a coordinated, transparent and people-centered service for the Filipino people.'
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[2026-04-30 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It remains difficult to know what's really going on inside Iran, and to accurately assess the state of the country's internal politics, but Financial Times describes a situation of hardliners vs. moderates duking it out to see whether negotiations with the United States should continue.
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[2026-04-30 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-04-30 21:11 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A concept paper proposing the creation of a “tobacco-free generation” comprising all children born after 2010 has been presented to the Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, and ministry officials, outlining a long-term policy framework to eliminate tobacco use among future generations.
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