Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Life is gradually returning to normal in Mali, according to testimonies gathered after the jihadist attack that claimed the life of General Sadio Camara. The authorities declared two days of national mourning after JNIM and the Azawad Liberation Front attacked the garrison town of Kati, on the outskirts of Bamako, as well as other localities across the country.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister urged the international community on Monday to take stronger action over Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, warning that failure to respond risked inflicting hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses and further disrupting global supply chains, as the crisis at the vital energy chokepoint deepens.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:30 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ⚽️ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽️ Live scores | Table | Follow on Bluesky | Email Daniel
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 28, 2026 03:30 | News
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by the Pakistan Foreign Ministry, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, left, upon his arrival at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, April 24, 2026. (Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Philip Fong/Pool Photo via AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned that the U.S. economy has slipped into a stagflationary environment and said it would be a mistake for potential Federal Reserve chair successor Kevin Warsh to lower interest rates.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: First Lady Melania Trump has called on the ABC TV network to “take a stand” against comedian Jimmy Kimmel for jokes targeting her as the debate over free speech, polarising rhetoric and political violence grows louder in the United States.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Democrats faced tough questioning before the Virginia Supreme Court on Monday during oral arguments on a redistricting referendum that narrowly passed last week, though most of the justices were oddly quiet.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows water flowing through the Cheboygan Dam April, 2026, in Cheboygan, Mich. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources via AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar, left, celebrates the wicket of Delhi Capitals’ Tristan Stubbs, right, during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Delhi, India, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:49 UTC+10:00] [Content moderation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — National capitals are skeptical and even downright dismissive of a new application created by the European Commission to check the age of internet users, government ministers and officials told POLITICO.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Malians have been reacting to the death of the Mininster of Defence Sadio Camara over the weekend. The 47 year old Camara a key junta member, was killed on Saturday in a car bomb attack at his home in Kati, the government said in a late Sunday statement.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s far-right Naftali Bennett and centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid have announced that they will resume the alliance that last toppled Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in 2021, which at the time ended the latter’s 12-year hold on the country’s leadership.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Lebanese government has not taken a single step against Hezbollah since the ceasefire in Lebanon went into effect some two weeks ago, two Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times,
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yields on 20-year Japanese government bonds have risen faster than U.S. peers. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:35 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said Monday that his country would establish a pool of money similar to those used by major oil exporters like Norway to make investments as he seeks to make the Canadian economy less dependent on the United States.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The defense minister is dead, strategically located military bases and entire cities have been captured and the president is reportedly in hiding.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Jury selection is beginning in the high-stakes legal battle between longtime friends turned rivals Elon Musk and Sam Altman at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the G7 leaders' summit in Canada in June 2025. This year's summit could see disagreements about how to address the conflict in the Middle East. © Reuters
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:17 UTC+10:00] [Mobility] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Former German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is stepping into a bigger role at a major car dealership.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal agents have joined the search for a missing 74-year-old Southern California man whose disappearance is being treated as suspicious after more than $1 million vanished from his accounts.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — What will Europe be like without a United States military and political presence? Europeans had better start preparing themselves for this eventuality, because there is no longer any doubt that US President Donald Trump wants to end the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is well on his way to doing so.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is developing a government-owned investment fund.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has discussed with regional interlocutors a proposal aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz but deferring talks with the US on Tehran’s nuclear programme for later, during a 72-hour diplomatic sprint across three countries seemingly aimed at securing a broader buy-in for the plan.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted Republicans a significant boost in the ongoing battle over congressional boundaries, issuing a summary reversal that allows Texas to proceed with its 2025 mid-decade congressional map for the November 2026 elections.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2019. The convicted former Ohio House speaker was recently transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russian dictator Vladimir Putin greeted Iran’s foreign minister to Moscow on Monday with a warm smile as he hailed their “strategic partnership” and vowed to remain a strong ally of Tehran.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The British health secretary has raised the alarm on what he calls “sectarian politics” in the east London borough of Redbridge.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Xavi Simons, volante de Tottenham, se queja de dolor tras lesionarse en el partido contra Wolverhampton en la Liga Premier, el sábado 25 de abril de 2026, en Wolverhampton. (Nick Potts/PA vía AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a rare moment torched US foreign policy and the Trump administration's Iran war gambit. There's been plenty of criticism out of Europe since Operation Epic Fury kicked off on February 28, but Merz's Monday words are especially direct and scathing.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:03 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Commons speaker grants application by Tories for vote on investigation into whether PM misled MPs, say sources
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The announcement by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid regarding their joint electoral alliance will undoubtedly have significant implications for the Israeli political system ahead of the 2026 elections, expected to take place in late October.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's High Court of Justice has given the government until July 1 to establish a framework for the public inquiry into the events of October 7, in a ruling issued on Monday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in St. Petersburg on Monday and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a "difficult period" and that peace would soon prevail.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [National disability insurance scheme] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ahead of a massive overhaul of the disability scheme, families says plans are already being slashed or rejected, as they’re told to wait for support programs that don’t yet exist
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After recent seasons with a defined bottom three, a handful of nervous clubs are aiming to beat the drop to the Championship
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mali is under growing pressure as coordinated attacks target major cities, use covert infiltration, and bring together rival armed groups, according to political analyst Josiasse Assemon.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There are five G10 central bank meetings scheduled this week and not a single policy move is expected between them. That said, the signalling of policymakers will be crucial. For each of the BoJ, Fed, BoC, ECB and the BoE, the market will be watching to see how rate setters are gauging the two sided the risks to growth and inflation implied by the Iran war.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iranian arms supplies to Islamist-aligned factions within Sudan’s military have been continuing throughout the country’s civil war, a former Sudanese minister has said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's foreign minister on Monday said the Islamic Republic was "stable, solid" during a meeting in Russia with President Vladimir Putin, according to Russian state TV.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Canadian government mints have for years sourced coin gold from mines controlled by Colombia’s Clan del Golfo drug cartel, despite vowing that all the precious metal is extracted on domestic soil, according to an investigation by the New York Times.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A fragile calm prevailed on Monday in the Malian capital, Bamako, and the ruling junta's stronghold of Kati, after two days of fierce fighting between the army and jihadists allied with Tuareg separatists, which have plunged the country into uncertainty over the military government's future.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O chanceler federal alemão, Friedrich Merz, afirmou nesta segunda-feira (27/04) que os Estados Unidos estão sendo "humilhados" em sua guerra contra o Irã. Segundo ele, parece faltar a Washington uma estratégia clara, e há dúvidas sobre como os EUA pretendem sair do conflito.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O chanceler federal alemão, Friedrich Merz, afirmou nesta segunda-feira (27/04) que os Estados Unidos estão sendo "humilhados" em sua guerra contra o Irã. Segundo ele, parece faltar a Washington uma estratégia clara, e há dúvidas sobre como os EUA pretendem sair do conflito.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- More than 80 lawmakers of the ruling bloc plan to send a joint letter to the U.S. government protesting its defense of e-commerce giant Coupang, arguing it constitutes an infringement on South Korea's judicial sovereignty, political sources said Monday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to a question during an event in Ottawa on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-28 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's centre-right PP has made a regional pact with far-right Vox that establishes a 'national priority' to put Spaniards first for benefits and state aid. The clause creates legal debate and perhaps even a view to future immigration policy on a national level.
--------------------------------------------------------------------