Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-30 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Officials and business leaders in South Africa and Kenya are welcoming China’s new zero‑tariff policy for 53 African nations, saying it will open fresh trade opportunities, cut costs for small businesses, and strengthen economic ties across the continent
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[2026-04-30 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Republicans see a clear win in Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision striking down Louisiana’s congressional and that victory could keep them in control of the House after November’s election.
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[2026-04-30 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government wants to stop criminal gangs use of social media to recruit people - including youngsters - to kill and commit other crimes
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[2026-04-30 01:42 UTC+10:00] [July] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government wants to stop criminal gangs use of social media to recruit people - including youngsters - to kill and commit other crimes
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[2026-04-30 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista de la sede del Servicio Federal de Seguridad (FSB, sucesor de la KGB soviética) en la plaza Lubyanskaya de Moscú, Rusia, el lunes 24 de julio de 2017. (Foto AP, Archivo)
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[2026-04-30 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: "I'm seriously worried about the situation for Jews in Norway and especially in Oslo right now," Joel Ystebø, Member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Christian Democratic Party, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-30 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kevin Warsh en su audiencia en el Congreso sobre su nominación para ser presidente de la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos, en Washington el 21 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-04-30 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico will attend Moscow’s Victory Day parade next week, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Eva Bartlett, an American/Canadian journalist who has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, Venezuela and the Donbass, recipient of the 2017 International Journalism Award for International Reporting, granted by the Mexican Journalists’ Press Club and first recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
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[2026-04-30 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Eva Bartlett, an American/Canadian journalist who has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, Venezuela and the Donbass, recipient of the 2017 International Journalism Award for International Reporting, granted by the Mexican Journalists’ Press Club and first recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
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[2026-04-30 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a sweeping 6-3 decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana’s congressional map with a second majority-Black district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais (No. 24-109) delivers a major victory for Republicans by sharply curtailing the Voting Rights Act’s ability to compel the creation of predominantly Black or Hispanic districts - a development that could help the GOP protect and expand its House majority in the 2026 midterms and beyond.
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[2026-04-30 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-04-30 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The drama over Kevin Warsh's nomination as Trump's pick for next Fed chair appears to be over.
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[2026-04-30 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed on Wednesday met King Hamad of Bahrain in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court.
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[2026-04-30 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gavin Newsom has sparked fury after jumping into a heated online clash between a top Trump aide and a US Senate aide.
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[2026-04-30 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-04-30 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday voted to advance Kevin Warsh's nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, teeing up President Donald Trump's pick for a final confirmation vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.
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[2026-04-30 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Car passes the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB, Soviet KGB successor) in Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, July 24, 2017. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-04-30 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s cricket chief and his executive committee have resigned and the government has appointed an interim committee to revamp the game in the country, which has declined sharply over the past decade.
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[2026-04-30 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map Tuesday and restricted the use of race to determine district boundaries in a major decision with implications for future House elections.
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[2026-04-30 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Former Anakalusugan party-list congressman Michael 'Mike' Defensor (in black) appeals on to Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla to present 'missing' flood control corruption scandal whistleblower, ex-Marine Sergeant Orly Guteza, since his affidavits now form part of the plunder complaints to be filed at the Sandiganbayan against ex-Speaker Martin Romualdez and fugitive ex-Ako Bicol lawmaker Zaldy Co.
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[2026-04-30 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Germany will borrow like never before over the next four years — and may have to raise yet more money to cope with the strains of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “irresponsible war” in Iran, center-left Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of Tennessee activists who have become known nationwide for fighting book bans will be honored by PEN America next month at its annual gala.
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[2026-04-30 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A boom in battery installations across Australia is outstripping the most optimistic industry forecasts, smoothing out volatile electricity price swings and making the grid more resilient to the threat of global shocks as the Iran war pushes up the cost of energy in other countries.
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[2026-04-29 23:59 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A Senate committee is poised to advance Trump’s pick as doubts linger over the Fed’s independence and Powell’s future
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[2026-04-29 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, has received Dmitry Patrushev, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi.
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[2026-04-29 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks to the media after a meeting with her Chinese counterpart in Beijing. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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[2026-04-29 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Thanks to the war in Iran, JetBlue Airlines is passing the cost along to us - announcing during Q1 earnings on Tuesday that while the airline had strong revenue performance, prices are going up due to rising fuel costs.
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[2026-04-29 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A dispute between Ukraine and Israel deepened on Wednesday, after Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar criticised Kyiv's handling of an official complaint over the purchase of grain from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.
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[2026-04-29 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Tuareg rebels in Mali want Russian forces to leave the country, a spokesman for the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition told AFP on Wednesday, coming after Al-Qaeda-linked militants and armed separatists launched a major offensive over the weekend.
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[2026-04-29 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yashar! Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot pledged to put a member of the Druze ethnic minority in a "realistic" place on the party's list for the Knesset elections, according to a statement issued by Eisenkot on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Cabinet member and Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter said in an interview with Gideon Oko and Amichai Atali on 103FM that Israel’s freedom of action in Lebanon is limited by US considerations. “The American echelon has linked the Lebanese issue to the Iranian one,” he said, adding that those with “spare money” should consider investing in northern Israel.
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[2026-04-29 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A Russian super-yacht trapped in the Gulf by the Middle East war carried stranded Filipino seafarers out through the perilous Strait of Hormuz, the Philippines government said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — A British court was told Wednesday how three men from Ukraine and Romania were offered payment by a Russian-speaking contact online to set fires against two houses and a car linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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[2026-04-29 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer has defended his record in government after Kemi Badenoch accused him of having "squandered his political capital" in the last Prime Minister's Questions before elections next week.
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[2026-04-29 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A Russian speaker recruited and offered money to Ukrainian men to carry out arson attacks on properties connected to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, a court has heard.
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[2026-04-29 23:18 UTC+10:00] [EU-US military ties] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany is embedding a senior U.S. officer deep into its military command structures in a sign of close cooperation that comes despite worsening political ties.
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[2026-04-29 23:03 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Four years after president’s pledge, his would-be successors are divided on how to tackle rising guerrilla attacks
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[2026-04-29 22:49 UTC+10:00] [Friedrich Merz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O chanceler federal alemão, Friedrich Merz, afirmou que sua relação com o presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, permanece intacta apesar das suas críticas à condução da guerra no Irã pelo governo americano.
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[2026-04-29 22:48 UTC+10:00] [King Charles III] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A few days of joviality will hardly change American foreign policy or guarantee Trump’s ever-erratic affections for long
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[2026-04-29 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The latest assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump was not only a complete security failure but a product of systemic weakness that may even be deliberate, a special forces veteran of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has told RT.
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[2026-04-29 22:37 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-29 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The jokes landed, the warm words resonated, the pageantry looked good on the evening news.
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[2026-04-29 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is urging social media companies and digital platforms to report the number of accounts that have been suspended as part of the implementation of government regulations restricting access for children under 16, authorities said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez headed a criminal organisation that rigged public contracts and illegally funded his Socialist party, a defendant in a trial that has threatened the government told a court on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian regional government officials say Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed at least three people and injured 17 during stalled United States-led talks to end the war in Ukraine.
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