Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and a group of representatives is due to arrive in the country on May 3 for a three-day official visit.
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[2026-04-30 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: KARUNADASA – PROF. EMERITUS Y. KARUNADASA “Sabbe sankhārā aniccā” passed away peacefully on 27th April 2026. Dearly beloved husband of Malathi, loving father of Himansu and Hemamala, cherished father-in-law of Deepani and Srinivasan, adoring grandfather of Sirini, Daham and Athena. Remains lie at the Jayaratne Restpect Funeral Parlour from 8.30 a.m.
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[2026-04-30 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices kept spurting higher and neared their highest levels since 2022. The leap, along with hints that some Federal Reserve officials don’t want to cut interest rates any time soon, sent tremors through the US bond market, but US stocks dipped only modestly.
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[2026-04-30 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal environmental regulators and water quality advocates want the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to rectify a policy restricting who can submit water samples used to decide whether waters are too polluted and below Clean Water Act standards.
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[2026-04-30 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Donald Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks on the senate floor on SB 8-D, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Florida Legislature, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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[2026-04-30 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Lebanon's deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri. (ABC News: Chérine Yazbeck)
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[2026-04-30 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Victoria has a history of electing micro party candidates to the state's upper house. (ABC News: Trent Murphy)
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[2026-04-30 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Victoria has a history of electing micro party candidates to the state's upper house. (ABC News: Trent Murphy)
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[2026-04-30 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Jerome Powell on Wednesday announced he will remain on the US Federal Reserve as a governor when his tenure as leader expires next month.
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[2026-04-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Parliament
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[2026-04-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For Hamish Studholme, a tunneller across some of Sydney’s biggest transport infrastructure projects for about 20 years, an uncomfortable truth became impossible to ignore. Even as contracting companies slowly introduced measures to mitigate the threat of silicosis, an incurable lung disease caused by inhaling tiny particles of crystalline silica dust, Studholme felt worker safety was never prioritised.
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[2026-04-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 30, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-30 04:51 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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[2026-04-30 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators apologized to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk this week as they settled a lawsuit that claimed a state agency showed political bias against the rocket company and its chief executive.
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[2026-04-30 04:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Health Minister Mark Butler says reining in “out of control” medical specialist fees and dealing with a severe shortage of nursing home beds for ageing Baby Boomers will be the next problems he turns to following Labor’s overhaul of the NDIS.
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[2026-04-30 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The kneejerk reaction from Wall Street pundits is that the bar for the Federal Reserve to hike rates is still relatively high and there’s no need for the Fed to change its bias or react in a meaningful way: that's the view voiced by SocGen's US Research Head Subadra Rajappa, who said on BBG TV that the "US is in a very good position overall"
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[2026-04-30 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Travis Head plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, April 29, 2026.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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[2026-04-30 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With Kevin Warsh having won the backing of the Senate Banking Committee on a 13-11 party-line vote to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, it's pretty much a done deal that this will be Jerome Powell's final press conference as Fed Chair.
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[2026-04-30 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A divided US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged for a third straight meeting Wednesday on high uncertainty from the Middle East war, in what was likely its last gathering helmed by Jerome Powell.
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[2026-04-30 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-30 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de la Reserva Federal Jerome Powell en la Universidad de Harvard en Cambridge, Massachusetts, el 30 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Charles Krupa)
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[2026-04-30 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Amin Rahimi, Iran’s justice minister, said all state institutions are aligned behind the Supreme National Security Council on decisions related to war and negotiations.
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[2026-04-30 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal Reserve officials voted 11–1 to stand pat on interest rates Wednesday, shifting the focus to a looming leadership shake-up as Jerome Powell approaches the end of his term.
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[2026-04-30 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the third consecutive time in what might be its last rate decision under Chair Jerome Powell, as concerns have risen over the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran on oil prices and inflation.
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[2026-04-30 04:03 UTC+10:00] [Federal Reserve] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fed officials cite elevated inflation, slow job growth and uncertainty in Middle East as reasons for holding rates
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[2026-04-30 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday as rising oil prices due to the Iran war added to growing concerns over the inflation outlook.
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[2026-04-30 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: An unusually divided Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate steady as policymakers grappled with the policy impact of persistent inflation and awaited a looming leadership transition at the central bank.
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[2026-04-30 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This courtroom sketch depicts Justice Department prosecutor John Gibbs speaking as defense attorneys Lauren Rosen, Geremy Kamens, from center middle seated, defendant Mohammad Sharifullah, and an interpreter, listen along with Judge Anthony John Trenga during the opening day of the trial for Sharifullah in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Monday, April 20, 2026.
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[2026-04-30 03:45 UTC+10:00] [Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday in an effort to unlock frozen EU cash — with a political deal now targeted for late May.
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[2026-04-30 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Section 56(b) of the Counterterrorism Law authorizes the seizure of ships and other property intended for use in terror activity, as a flotilla bound for Gaza continues its voyage after departing Spain earlier this month.
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[2026-04-30 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said his new alliance with opposition leader Yair Lapid will hold beyond the upcoming elections and will enable the opposition to form a long-lasting government to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unveiling in a Wednesday interview with The Jerusalem Post his “Israeli Renaissance” plan to bring one million new olim to Israel over the next decade.
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[2026-04-30 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The man charged with attempting to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and shoot US President Donald Trump took a selfie in his hotel room while holding guns, knives and ammunition, according to images released by federal prosecutors on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 03:24 UTC+10:00] [Nigel Farage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rival parties demand investigation as Tory party chair refers Reform UK leader to commissioner over gift from crypto tycoon
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[2026-04-30 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former FBI Director James Comey turned himself in Wednesday to federal authorities after being indicted by a grand jury on charges of threatening to kill President Trump in a social media post last year.
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[2026-04-30 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The outright and immediate abolition of the leasehold system in England and Wales would be "almost certainly impossible", the housing minister has said.
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[2026-04-30 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The rhetoric and predictions behind climate change "science" change so haphazardly, it's a sure sign that the entire field of study is fraudulent. If the manufactured hysteria is not enough to clue people in, the failed predictions of Al Gore should do the trick.
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[2026-04-30 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-30 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Jimmy Kimmel doubled down on his criticism of President Trump after the president called for his firing and the Federal Communications Commission opened an investigation into ABC’s TV licenses.
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[2026-04-30 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Australia’s government announced draft legislation on Tuesday that would require Meta, Google and TikTok to pay local news outlets for use of their articles – or face a significant tax.
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[2026-04-30 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be released from a Bangkok prison next month after a Justice Ministry panel decision to grant him parole, the Corrections Department announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Paul D. Thacker via RealClearInvestigations,
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[2026-04-30 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation James Comey at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics’ JFK Jr. Forum in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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[2026-04-30 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AT the outset, I stand by a position that should not be controversial in a constitutional democracy. The State, through the military, bears the burden of proving that those killed in Toboso, Negros Occidental, were indeed armed combatants. When the State exercises its most coercive power of the taking of life, it must justify that act with clear, credible and verifiable evidence.
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[2026-04-30 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: New images included in a memorandum filed by the US government show Cole Tomas Allen - the man accused of opening fire at a White House Correspondents' dinner last weekend - with weapons in a hotel room before the attack.
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[2026-04-30 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continued to strengthen its Walang Gutom Program (WGP) as part of the government’s efforts to address involuntary hunger among low-income Filipino families.
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[2026-04-30 02:03 UTC+10:00] [Nigel Farage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reform leader went public after approach from Guardian, but does his claim stack up that money was for his security?
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[2026-04-30 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, cleared a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in coming weeks amid the White House’s unprecedented efforts to exert control over the world’s most powerful central bank.
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[2026-04-30 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on federal charges after posting an image of seashells arranged to spell “8647” on Instagram, in a case that has raised concerns about the use of the United States justice system as a form of political retaliation.
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[2026-04-30 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., speaks before President Joe Biden at a campaign rally for to support Crist and Senate candidate Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., at Florida Memorial University, Nov. 1, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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[2026-04-30 01:58 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — La guerre au Moyen-Orient fait flamber les prix des carburants, mais aussi les profits des entreprises pétrolières, comme TotalEnergies. Le Premier ministre a invité l’énergéticien à “redistribuer” d’une manière ou d’une autre ces projets. La gauche et le Rassemblement national appellent à taxer ces gains qualifiés de “superprofits” pour les redistribuer aux ménages affectés par la crise.
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