Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-25 02:10 UTC+10:00] [agriculture and food] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — EU leaders are used to meeting in the *cough* glamorous surroundings of Brussels. This time, they got to enjoy the Mediterranean sunshine of Cyprus, as well as not having to deal with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, who decided not to show in the wake of his election defeat.
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[2026-04-25 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN October 2025, a proposed project to build a road bridge linking the island of Boracay to the town of Malay in Aklan was presented to the provincial board, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), whereupon it was swiftly and decisively rejected. The SP deemed the project, which was an unsolicited public-private partnership (PPP) proposal made by San Miguel Holdings Corp.
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[2026-04-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In today’s politics, you don’t need a solution — you just need someone to blame. And more often than not, that someone is “the rich.”
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[2026-04-25 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is dispatching envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to Pakistan for talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi this weekend, according to a report.
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[2026-04-25 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-25 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Following earlier news that China has blacklisted 7 EU defense and aerospace firms over their dealings with Taiwan, Bloomberg reports that China plans to restrict top technology firms, including leading AI startups, from accepting US capital without government approval.
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[2026-04-25 01:34 UTC+10:00] [UK security and counter-terrorism] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister tells Jewish leaders legislation against malign state actors will go before parliament in July
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[2026-04-25 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed he was treated for early-stage cancer but is now in "excellent condition".
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[2026-04-25 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had arrested the main suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, one of the worst acts of violence attributed to the former government of Bashar Assad, in which 288 civilians were killed.
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[2026-04-25 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Update (1050ET): The White House is now expecting 'swift' confirmation of Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh after the DOJ dropped its criminal probe into current Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's building construction project.
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[2026-04-25 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-25 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel is waiting for a go-ahead from the US to resume the campaign against Iran and bomb the Islamic Republic back to “the Stone Age,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has stated.
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[2026-04-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Cities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — Europe should fund Ukraine’s reconstruction by taxing Russian imports, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said.
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[2026-04-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Most landholders in regional Victoria support renewable energy – if they get a say. But planning approvals are riding roughshod over community concerns
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[2026-04-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine health minister Mark Butler’s announcement this week that Labor will move thousands of people off the NDIS to save costs.
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[2026-04-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Farrer byelection 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The major parties look like also-rans in the byelection on 9 May, with One Nation and an independent favoured to fight it out. Is this a minor curiosity, or a political earthquake?
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[2026-04-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has undergone successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, after a small tumour was discovered during a routine checkup.
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[2026-04-25 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 130 public figures have written to the UK’s Court of Appeal expressing support for Palestine Action, days before a hearing to decide on the lawfulness of the government’s ban on the direct action group.
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[2026-04-25 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Federal Reserve] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Judge James Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced ‘essentially zero evidence’ to suspect Powell of a crime
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[2026-04-25 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed that he was treated for prostate cancer. (Reuters: Ilia Yefimovich )
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[2026-04-25 00:39 UTC+10:00] [Belgian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Belgium is loosening closing-time rules for its stores, to give them a fighting chance against online retailers.
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[2026-04-25 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer seemingly promised to ban Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the "next parliament" during a visit to a synagogue in London that was the subject of an arson attack.
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[2026-04-25 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A UK government unit responsible for documenting Israel’s possible war crimes during its genocidal war in Gaza has been shut down amid funding cuts, the Guardian has reported.
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[2026-04-25 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigeria has inaugurated a military court to try officers accused of involvement in a failed coup attempt, marking a significant step in the government’s response to a plot that authorities say could have ended decades of democratic rule.
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[2026-04-25 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is dropping its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over costly building renovations at its headquarters in the nation’s capital.
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[2026-04-25 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell leaves after the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting during the World Bank/IMF spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-04-25 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Eric Swalwell paid a hotshot Los Angeles lawyer $40,000 in campaign funds to defend him on television against sexual assault allegations that ultimately unraveled his political career, according to a recent financial disclosure.
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[2026-04-25 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cambodian military members participate together with government civil servants in the country’s 70th Independence Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, file)
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[2026-04-25 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Department of Justice on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, removing a major hurdle to President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace him.
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[2026-04-25 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Ralph Recto on Friday said there was nothing unusual with Malacañang granting a travel authority a day before the trip of a government official.
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[2026-04-25 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Falkland islanders voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a 2013 referendum. (Reuters: Marcos Brindicci)
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[2026-04-25 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman’s desk sits empty in memoriam except for flowers, her portrait and a gavel in the Minnesota House chamber Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)
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[2026-04-24 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. on Friday reminded everyone that firing against government troops automatically makes the attacker a “combatant” which legitimizes counter action from soldiers.
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[2026-04-24 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In one eventful week for the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has intensified its engagement with Lebanon through high-level contacts, providing a significant political boost towards efforts to consolidate the ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-24 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said.
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[2026-04-24 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: This was the week questions about the future of the prime minister took a turn for the worse for Sir Keir Starmer.
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[2026-04-24 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to head to Islamabad Friday night to discuss the next steps in stalled peace negotiations with the U.S., a Pakistani official involved in the matter told MS NOW.
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[2026-04-24 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will be traveling to Islamabad with a delegation of officials, indicating a step towards resuming US-Iran talks to end the war, according to Al Jazeera.
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[2026-04-24 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed he was treated for early-stage cancer but is now in "excellent condition".
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[2026-04-24 23:43 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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[2026-04-24 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Just three weeks after a United Nations-backed gang suppression force arrived in Haiti, the country’s prime minister has told the Security Council that the situation has improved in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
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[2026-04-24 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Caretaker PM Mette Frederiksen has so far only won support from left-wing groups, which is not enough to secure a parliamentary majority
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[2026-04-24 23:23 UTC+10:00] [Social Democratic Party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Caretaker PM Mette Frederiksen has so far only won support from left-wing groups, which is not enough to secure a parliamentary majority
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[2026-04-24 23:21 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA — European countries need to step up strategically in the Middle East, strike deals with partners across the region and try to bring an end to the Iran war, Cyprus’ foreign minister said Friday.
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[2026-04-24 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed he underwent treatment for prostate cancer — but kept it quiet fearing it would be used as propaganda by Iran.
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[2026-04-24 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer seemingly promised to ban Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the "next parliament" during a visit to a synagogue in London that was the subject of an arson attack.
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[2026-04-24 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Boris Nadezhdin, the anti-war politician who was blocked from running in Russia’s 2024 presidential election, has announced that he is launching a bid for two offices in the lower-house State Duma and the Moscow legislative assembly in races later this year.
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[2026-04-24 23:01 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday criticized plans to renovate one of the EU’s main buildings in Brussels.
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