Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-24 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US universities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Political pressures are resulting in a range of initiatives that experts say substitute expertise with ideology
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[2026-04-24 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Friday, President Donald Trump extended a temporary waiver of the century-old Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) for an additional 90 days. The move allows foreign-flagged vessels to transport fuel, oil, fertilizer, and other essential goods between U.S. ports, aiming to stabilize domestic supply chains and ease price pressures stemming from the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and resulting disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-24 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Olly Robbins gave MPs a classic civil servant’s performance – and there are lessons from history about how ministers should respond
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[2026-04-24 22:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-04-24 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures jumped to a new all time high, reversing modest overnight losses, and oil tumbled to session lows on reports that Iran is sending a delegation to Pakistan today for talks, boosting hopes of ceasefire extension or more. Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi is expected to arrive in Islamabad at 22:00 local time (1:00pm ET), the NY Post reports.
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[2026-04-24 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The moon emerges from the clouds over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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[2026-04-24 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-24 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nelcy Escorcia, center, holds a sign with a message reading in Spanish; “Thinking differently isn’t a crime; isolating and torturing them is”, during a protest outside a detention center where her husband, Franklin Parra, is being held on political grounds, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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[2026-04-24 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanon remains tense and divided despite the three-week extension of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, with limited exchanges of fire continuing and pressure building on the Lebanese government from all sides.
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[2026-04-24 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mileidy Mendoza and her children ride a bus from Caracas to visit her husband, Eric Diaz, imprisoned on political grounds at the Yare prison complex in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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[2026-04-24 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-24 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe's biggest economy was set for a rebound, but now it's being hammered by soaring energy costs caused by the Iran war, prompting the federal government to halve growth forecasts.
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[2026-04-24 21:57 UTC+10:00] [Accessibility] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Parliament will on Monday green-light a €22.7 million overhaul of its visitor center, according to internal documents seen by POLITICO.
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[2026-04-24 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese politician Ali Fayyad, representing Hezbollah as a Member of Parliament, called the renewed ceasefire agreement “meaningless” as long as the Israel military persists in its “destructive annihilation of Lebanese border villages and towns,” according to reports from local news platforms Al Mayadeen and An-Nahar.
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[2026-04-24 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After signaling all day yesterday that it has not decided to engage the United States in a second round of peace talks, Friday morning has seen a flurry of headlines out of Saudi and regional media speculating that today is different. "Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi may arrive tonight accompanied by a small delegation," Pakistani government source has told Al Arabiya's correspondent.
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[2026-04-24 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is "in excellent physical condition" after the publication of his annual medical report revealed he had a malignant tumour removed.
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[2026-04-24 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Senior Iranian leadership will come to Pakistan Friday or Saturday — as the world watches and waits for Tehran to agree to a second round of peace talks with the US, Iranian and Pakistani government sources told The Post.
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[2026-04-24 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-24 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The third day of the “Walk for Peace” pilgrimage commenced today(24) in front of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, with the participation of Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and members of the Maha Sangha from both monastic chapters.
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[2026-04-24 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given a clean bill of health following successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, revealed publicly for the first time, according to an official medical report released by the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday.
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[2026-04-24 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A woman who was taking a toilet break while on a road trip in the Australian outback ended up getting stuck waist-deep in a pit latrine after it collapsed.
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[2026-04-24 21:01 UTC+10:00] [Fossil fuels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A ‘coalition of the willing’ is convening in Colombia to try to bypass the petrostate blockages of Cop climate summits
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[2026-04-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Advocacy group holds vigil for scientist who took his own life after questioning by US federal agents
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[2026-04-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Michigan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Advocacy group holds vigil for scientist who took his own life after questioning by US federal agents
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[2026-04-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Qualified foreign investors can trade government bond futures, enhancing market access and boosting the yuan’s appeal amid global tensions
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[2026-04-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [CSRC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Qualified foreign investors can trade government bond futures, enhancing market access and boosting the yuan’s appeal amid global tensions
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[2026-04-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Federal Communications Commission is blocking an investment firm’s access to valuable wireless spectrum and threatening to take away its licenses because of a paperwork filing error – and the firm’s executives warn that customers in rural America will pay the price, On The Money has learned.
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[2026-04-24 20:52 UTC+10:00] [Brexit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectations
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[2026-04-24 20:47 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — A senior Labour MP has joined campaigners in raising fresh concerns over the environmental impacts of AI, after the U.K. government quietly admitted carbon emissions from data centers could be 100 times greater than previously thought.
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[2026-04-24 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday stressed his country was a "reliable member" of Nato, after a report the United States was considering possibly trying to expel Spain over its refusal to support operations in the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-24 20:37 UTC+10:00] [Biodiversity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — France removed climate change from the agenda of this week's G7 talks to prevent a rift with the United States, according to a French government official.
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[2026-04-24 20:32 UTC+10:00] [Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters there is “huge relief” among leaders at Friday EU summit in Cyprus because, “for the first time in years, there are no Russians in the room” — before winking at journalists as his Kremlin-friendly Slovak counterpart Robert Fico strolled past.
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[2026-04-24 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Campaigners hold a banner outside parliament in London as a proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will run out of time on Friday, more than a year after MPs first voted in favour of it, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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[2026-04-24 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The British Foreign Office has closed its unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in Gaza.
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[2026-04-24 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda of Japan steers his car on a wet track as a safety marshal waves a red flag during practice for Sunday’s Formula One Turkish Grand Prix at the Intercity Istanbul Park circuit in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)
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[2026-04-24 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Human Rights Watch has called on the government of Lebanon to “accede to the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute” and submit a declaration allowing the Court to “investigate and prosecute crimes committed in Lebanon since October 2023,” according to the organisation’s post on X.
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[2026-04-24 20:02 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday downplayed a leaked Pentagon email suggesting Spain could be penalized for not supporting the war in Iran by having its NATO membership suspended.
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[2026-04-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Gambling] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The gambling crisis ‘demands a public health response’ and should be regulated like alcohol or tobacco, expert says
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[2026-04-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The political gap between US evangelicals and Catholics is widening. And Trump won’t tolerate authority outside his own
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[2026-04-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An internal watchdog will review the agency’s handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, including whether relevant documents were properly redacted
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[2026-04-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A March survey showed that the popularity gap between Leni Robredo and presidential front runner Sara Duterte-Carpio had narrowed
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