Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-27 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Vantage, a leading clothing manufacturer under Ebony Holdings (Pvt) Limited, has stepped forward in a big way to power rugby in Sri Lanka, backing champions at both club and school level during a remarkable 2025/26 season.
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[2026-04-27 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Health and Mass Media Ministry provided an Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) machine and a Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) machine, worth Rs. 425 million, to the National Hospital in Kandy as part of a programme to improve physical resources in the health service.
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[2026-04-27 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Norway has responded positively to a request from Sri Lanka to support its fisheries monitoring with Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite technology and specialised training to modernise Sri Lanka’s fisheries sector and facilitate the exchange of technical know-how.
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[2026-04-27 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A SriLankan Air passenger trying to bring an illegal consignment of foreign-made cigarettes and e-cigarettes into the country was arrested by customs officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday (24).
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[2026-04-27 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Marking a significant milestone in Sri Lanka’s efforts to strengthen climate-resilient agricultural development, the country’s first Climate-Smart Agriculture Centre will be officially opened today (27) by Minister Lal Kantha at the Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation Ministry.
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[2026-04-27 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Strategic affairs scholar and Sri Lankan author Asanga Abeyagoonasekera highlighted the strategic significance of Vietnam–Sri Lanka cooperation within the broader Indo-Pacific maritime corridor, identifying opportunities in connectivity, maritime security, trade, and policy learning.
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[2026-04-27 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Gnanodaya Maha Vidyalaya Kalutara and S. W. R. D. Bandaranayake College Kurunegala advanced to the final of the Under 13 division 3 inter schools cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket.
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[2026-04-27 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Editorial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At 1.23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, a massive explosion ripped through Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union, in an area that now belongs to Ukraine. A safety test triggered the worst nuclear accident in history, releasing 400 times more radiation into the atmosphere than the Hiroshima bomb of August 1945.
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[2026-04-27 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Cartoon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-27 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Obituaries] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: BERNARD – CARMEN, (née Pietersz). Daughter of the late Justin and Myrtle Pietersz. Beloved wife of Tom Bernard, loving mother of Jennifer, Alistair, Dwight (deceased), Richard (Australia) and Ralph (USA), mother-in-law of Nayani, Desiree, Mandy (Australia) and Gayathri (USA). Cherished grandmother of Andrew, Dwain, Nichole, Zoe (Australia) Isabelle (Australia) Zachary (Australia) Thenuk and Chloe (USA).
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[2026-04-27 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement was on track to lead municipal councils in several major cities in the occupied West Bank, official election results showed Sunday, with about 95 percent of ballots counted.
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[2026-04-27 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Talk among MPs shifts from whether PM could be removed to possible processes for ‘transition’ as frustration grows
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[2026-04-27 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi departed Islamabad for Moscow on Sunday, his ministry said, ping-ponging from capital to capital as mediators hoped to keep peace talks between Tehran and the United States alive.
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[2026-04-27 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-04-27 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of Queensland’s most senior bureaucrats has been urged to outline the timeline and scale of his shareholdings in what would be the largest uranium miner in the state if a politically seesawing ban on mining the metal was lifted.
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[2026-04-27 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s post-politics memoir aimed at encouraging young women into politics has been highly anticipated since her sudden retirement from state parliament in late 2023.
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[2026-04-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A former federal Labor MP appointed as Victoria’s key intermediary to the defence industry is also working at a lobbying firm that has clients in the sector, raising potential conflicts in the taxpayer-funded role.
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[2026-04-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Falling house prices could throw a multibillion-dollar curveball at the state budget, threatening to blow out Victoria’s record debt and delivering a reality check to an Allan government heavily reliant on property taxes.
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[2026-04-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson’s candidate for next month’s Farrer byelection sought to run for Labor under Anthony Albanese’s leadership and personally donated to the party’s election fund, in a blow for a One Nation campaign built on attacking the major parties.
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[2026-04-27 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sadio Camara, his second wife and 2 grandchildren died amid coordinated nationwide attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels
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[2026-04-27 04:37 UTC+10:00] [Burkina Faso] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sadio Camara, his second wife and 2 grandchildren died amid coordinated nationwide attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels
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[2026-04-27 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Surveillance cameras at Tiananmen Square in Beijing: The city bans consumer drone sales, stepping up efforts to prevent potential security threats around key political, military, and administrative facilities concentrated in the capital.
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[2026-04-27 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-04-27 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Palestinian man votes in local elections, the first in two decades in Gaza and the first in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Al-Ubaidiya, West Bank, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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[2026-04-27 04:16 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Watch Live: Trump Speaks To Press After Reports of Shots Fired at Correspondents’ Dinner
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[2026-04-27 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid's Sunday announcement that they will form a joint list for the upcoming Knesset elections, posting an inflammatory video to his personal X/Twitter account.
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[2026-04-27 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A chorus of bipartisan criticism is mounting over the security loopholes at venue for the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner — while President Trump and his allies insisted Saturday’s shooting proves the need for his planned über-secure White House ballroom.
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[2026-04-27 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government in the upcoming election expected later this year.
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[2026-04-27 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has awarded North Korean troops, who helped liberate Russia’s Kursk Region from Ukrainian forces, with the Order of Courage during his visit to Pyongyang.
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[2026-04-27 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has awarded North Korean troops, who helped liberate Russia’s Kursk Region from Ukrainian forces, with the Order of Courage during his visit to Pyongyang.
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[2026-04-27 03:26 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Determining the attacker’s motivation may take time. But toxic rhetoric, polarisation and the ubiquity of firearms are a dangerous mix
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[2026-04-27 03:24 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conflicting accounts will be tested in parliament. The outcome may not be decisive, but risks reinforcing concerns about PM’s leadership
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[2026-04-27 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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[2026-04-27 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia's foreign ministry on Sunday said that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would travel to Moscow for talks.
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[2026-04-27 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 'Midnight in the American Empire,' How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream.
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[2026-04-27 02:46 UTC+10:00] [Germany] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Millionaire funded operation called ‘pure animal cruelty’ after environment minister sent threats on social media
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[2026-04-27 02:45 UTC+10:00] [War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi returned to Islamabad on Sunday night, rejoining mediation efforts just hours after he left Pakistan and U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly scrapped a planned trip by American envoys to revive peace talks with Tehran.
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[2026-04-27 02:42 UTC+10:00] [Hungary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Incoming PM Péter Magyar accuses Fidesz-linked figures of trying to shield their wealth from accountability
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[2026-04-27 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Two of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most prominent political rivals are to join forces in a bid to unseat Israel's longest-serving prime minister at an election this year.
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[2026-04-27 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Tuesday April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-27 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On April 17, The Atlantic published an anonymously sourced hit piece against FBI Director Kash Patel - painting him as a blackout-drunk, paranoid, and erratic executive barely capable of running the nation's premier law enforcement agency. Three days later, a federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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[2026-04-27 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — The national government kicked off its “Handog ng Pangulo: Luntiang Bukas” initiative in this city on Friday, rolling out programs on land ownership, resilient housing, environmental sustainability, and rice subsidies.
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[2026-04-27 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) has issued a new rule that totally bans government officials and personnel from engaging in all forms of gambling.
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[2026-04-27 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte have reached a point where it is no longer just about politics. It’s about the Filipino people’s time and money.
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[2026-04-27 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-27 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s cabinet on Sunday confirmed the appointment of Yahel Vilan as Israel’s ambassador to Singapore and East Timor, as well as the appointment of Michael Lotem as Israel’s first-ever ambassador to Somaliland.
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[2026-04-27 01:36 UTC+10:00] [White House Building (Washington, DC)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump on Sunday said that the attempted security breach by an armed man at the White House correspondents’ dinner underscored why he should be allowed to build a $400 million ballroom equipped with the latest security features on the White House grounds.
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[2026-04-27 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid called it the brit ha'achim, the covenant of brothers, years before Sunday night's stage in Tel Aviv. The phrase has held up. Two prime ministers, one rotation, three years of opposition apart, and the trust between them is still the through line.
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[2026-04-27 01:27 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Buckingham Palace said Sunday it is in ongoing talks with U.S. officials over the impact of Saturday’s shooting in Washington on King Charles III’s visit this week to the U.S., after the incident raised security concerns just days before the trip.
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[2026-04-27 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has discussed efforts to relaunch negotiations between the US and Iran with his Qatari and Iranian counterparts, according to a foreign ministry statement.
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