Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ‘small government’ era is over. Hong Kong must proactively serve as a super value-adder connecting China and the world
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[2026-04-30 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- Uncertainty over the future path of U.S. monetary policy under the next Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has increased further amid rising oil prices and inflation, the Bank of Korea said Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 11:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has summoned a bus operator and its driver for allegedly failing to provide mandated fare discounts under the government’s service contracting program.
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[2026-04-30 11:25 UTC+10:00] [Jim Chalmers] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Treasurer tells Commonwealth Bank podcast that he aims to ‘recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past’
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[2026-04-30 11:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell closed out eight years as head of the US central bank on Wednesday with interest rates on hold, rising concern about inflation, and an announcement that he would stay on as a Fed governor for now to defend the agency's independence from Trump administration "battering."
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[2026-04-30 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Canada is losing its collective mind. During a recent debate in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, Education Minister Brendan Maguire (Progressive Conservative MLA for Halifax Atlantic) responded angrily to concerns about school policies on gender transitioning (without parental notification in many cases) and provincial funding for gender-related medical interventions for minors.
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[2026-04-30 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court’s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters– key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance
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[2026-04-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China expects to handle a record 304 million cross-regional trips per day over the holiday, as the government focuses on boosting consumption
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[2026-04-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Gao Bo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China expects to handle a record 304 million cross-regional trips per day over the holiday, as the government focuses on boosting consumption
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[2026-04-30 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Greece's former finance minister has slammed Greek authorities after Israeli forces seized the Global Sumud Flotilla near the country's shores.
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[2026-04-30 10:55 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Police should deploy the same security procedures for “high risk” Jewish festivals and events as used for Jewish High Holy days such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the interim report from the royal commission into antisemitism has recommended.
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[2026-04-30 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It is well past time to pull the plug on California’s high-speed rail project. A US Senate Transportation Committee revealed that the cost is now projected to be $231 billion — seven times the original estimate.
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[2026-04-30 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Oil prices shot higher Wednesday on concerns of an extended blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, while Wall Street stocks moved indecisively after a divided Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged.
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[2026-04-30 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former ministers, senior officials and observers point to practical challenges of attributing responsibility
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[2026-04-30 10:30 UTC+10:00] [accountability] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former ministers, senior officials and observers point to practical challenges of attributing responsibility
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[2026-04-30 10:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the third consecutive time, citing "elevated" inflation and a "high level" of economic uncertainty stemming from the ongoing Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-30 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Drug Enforcement Administration agents on Wednesday hit multiple locations in Orange County, including a pair of ritzy homes in Tustin and Irvine.
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Michele Goldman, CEO of NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, said she understood some may want urgent answers. Source: AAP / Dean Lewins
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: A pro-Iranian government group has claimed responsibility for some recent attacks. Source: AAP / Tolga Akmen / EPA
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spoken of the need to address "intergeneration fairness" in the upcoming federal budget. Source: AAP / Darren England
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[2026-04-30 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Community members clashed with police outside Alice Springs Hospital, where Jefferson Lewis was taken after being arrested. Source: AAP / Rhett Hammerton
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[2026-04-30 09:50 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rebel Wilson has returned for a third day in the Federal Court witness box as she defends a defamation case brought against her by a lead actor in her directorial debut.
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[2026-04-30 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US government court filing on Wednesday raised questions about officials’ initial assertions that a gunman shot a Secret Service officer while allegedly attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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[2026-04-30 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were poised to open lower Thursday, tracking overnight losses in key Wall Street benchmarks as oil prices extended gains amid a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, while the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady.
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[2026-04-30 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker, File)
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[2026-04-30 09:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s soaring cost for its dragged-out high-speed rail construction was inflated by another recent political embarrassment for the state: labor icon Cesar Chavez.
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[2026-04-30 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China is seeing a ‘transformative shift’ in the use of domestic software compared with a few years ago, says vice-minister
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[2026-04-30 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Apple iOS] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China is seeing a ‘transformative shift’ in the use of domestic software compared with a few years ago, says vice-minister
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[2026-04-30 09:11 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: There are 38,000 U.S. troops and personnel stationed in Germany, and cutting forces there would face opposition on Capitol Hill.
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[2026-04-30 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Black Americans’ racial identity has been wielded as a weapon in our politics for decades, used either as a shield to protect powerful people or as a cudgel to beat their opponents.
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[2026-04-30 09:08 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday he will stay on as a central bank governor for an undetermined period of time when his leadership term ends next month, amid hopes that ongoing political attacks on the institution will start to settle down.
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[2026-04-30 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, durante una conferencia de prensa conjunta con el canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, el lunes 20 de abril de 2026, en Hannover, Alemania. (AP Foto/Martin Meissner)
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[2026-04-30 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched a taxpayer-funded initiative that critics bashed as a thinly veiled political lobbying campaign to push a rent freeze on the city’s 2 million rent-controlled apartments.
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[2026-04-30 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms, is winding down its federal government audit business after losing a $64 million-a-year U.S. Army audit contract, a major setback as the Department of War under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to bring in another accounting firm.
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[2026-04-30 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the end of the German-Brazilian intergovernmental consultations at Herrenhausen Palace, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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[2026-04-30 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Minister of Finance and National Revenue, Francois-Philippe Champagne, make their way to the House of Commons before the tabling of the spring economic update, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-30 08:41 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has given a clear sign any changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing will not adversely affect people who already hold assets, downplaying suggestions of a surge in revenue from housing reform.
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[2026-04-30 08:19 UTC+10:00] [Jorge Messias] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Em uma decisão histórica, o plenário do Senado rejeitou nesta quarta-feira (29/04) o nome do advogado-geral da União, Jorge Messias, para o cargo de ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). Indicado pelo presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Messias recebeu apenas 34 votos dos 41 necessários. Outros 42 senadores votaram contra a indicação.
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[2026-04-30 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal and state officials load evidence into a vehicle as they execute a search warrant at The Original Childcare Center in south Minneapolis, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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[2026-04-30 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Politics over policyDeparture of Lee's top AI strategist reflects party interests overtaking national priorities
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[2026-04-30 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Roxanne Fitzgerald
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[2026-04-30 07:29 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beirut: A group of Australian women and children who left a camp in Syria that houses people with alleged ties to Islamic State group militants are stuck in the country because Australian authorities have refused to allow their return, Syrian officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 07:28 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jerome Powell said he plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month “for an undetermined period of time,” saying the “unprecedented” legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation’s central bank at risk.
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[2026-04-30 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with U.S. President Donald Trump on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier docked at Yokosuka City, Japan, late last year. © Kyodo
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[2026-04-30 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-30 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Stanford University is under federal investigation for promoting a school program that helps teachers who “identify as a person of color” receive National Board Certifications, The California Post has learned.
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[2026-04-30 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PANAMA CITY — The US State Department accused China of violating Panama's sovereignty over a port dispute in the Central American nation, triggering another fierce back-and-forth on Wednesday as the Chinese government called the Trump administration hypocritical.
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[2026-04-30 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Florida’s Republican-dominated state legislature has approved a new congressional map, the latest salvo in an unprecedented national battle of redistricting before the midterm elections in November.
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[2026-04-30 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spent months cultivating what appeared to be a solid roster of Democratic recruits for 2026. He cleared the field in Ohio, North Carolina, and Alaska — all states where flipping the seats would be a major victory for the Democrats and potentially hand them a majority in the upper chamber in a year with an otherwise brutal map for their party.
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[2026-04-30 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Democratic-led effort to limit US President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force against Cuba without congressional authorization has failed in the Senate.
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