Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A NSW judge on Friday will consider whether Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O will have their separate lawsuits against ARN Media heard together. (ABC News: Abubakr Sajid)
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[2026-04-24 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Seoul says it explained to U.S. background of unification minister's remarks on N. Korea's nuclear facility in Kusong
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[2026-04-24 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will make a state visit to Japan from May 26 to 29 at the invitation of the Japanese government, his office said on Friday.
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[2026-04-24 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier says countries must cooperate to ensure reliable supplies of rare earths. © Reuters
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[2026-04-24 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pair of California brothers tied to a major cross-country drug pipeline have been handed hefty federal prison sentences after authorities unraveled their operation through a sweeping wiretap probe.
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[2026-04-24 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Japanese government has rolled out subsidies to ease the burden on consumers grappling with higher living costs. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
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[2026-04-24 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HOUSTON, Texas — A US federal judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of the family of an Egyptian man accused in a firebomb attack on a Jewish protest march in Colorado last year.
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[2026-04-24 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-24 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran's footballers will be welcome at this year's World Cup, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, distancing the US government from a proposal that Italy could take their place in the tournament.
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[2026-04-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Before his trip to Papua New Guinea for Anzac Day commemorations, the minister for veterans’ affairs and defence personnel, Matt Keogh, speaks with political editor Tom McIlroy.
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[2026-04-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Austerity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Hard-right firebrand George Simion lost Romania’s presidential race last year, but as the country’s centrist government coalition crumbles, he now sees an alternative route to power.
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[2026-04-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq is in a race against time to choose a prime minister but, even after weeks of deadlock, the Co-ordination Framework – a coalition of major Iraqi Shiite parties – is still deliberating.
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[2026-04-24 11:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government will designate 10 cities to serve as major hubs for startup ecosystems by next year in a bid to promote balanced regional growth and create more jobs for young people, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-24 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Play foolish socialist games, and watch New York City crumble.
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[2026-04-24 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- SK Group said Friday it has partnered with a Vietnamese provincial government and a national innovation center to help foster an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem in Vietnam and support the country's future growth strategy.
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[2026-04-24 11:16 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Labor is well aware of the resentment from younger people who see themselves as paying for their elders while struggling to afford housing
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[2026-04-24 11:14 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of France’s top ministers says the country would be willing to sell submarines to Australia if the AUKUS pact collapses, despite the acrimony sparked by the cancellation of a $90 billion deal five years ago.
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[2026-04-24 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-24 11:07 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Heritage Minister Penny Sharpe has added the 200-year-old Hunter Valley sheep station Ravensworth to the state’s heritage list, despite opposition from its owner, the coal miner Glencore, and continuing debate about its contested Indigenous history.
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[2026-04-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US report warns it could take six months to clear strait of mines as Trump declares ‘total control’ over key waterway – key US politics stories from Thursday 23 April at a glance
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[2026-04-24 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- The government will designate 10 cities to serve as major hubs for startup ecosystems by next year in a bid to promote balanced regional growth and create more jobs for young people, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-24 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brentford’s Ivan Toney applauds fans after the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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[2026-04-24 10:25 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Sydney home of a major building company chief executive, whose outfit handles government contracts, has been firebombed and the footage circulated online.
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[2026-04-24 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-24 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Seoul says it explained to U.S. background of unification minister's remarks on N. Korea's nuclear facility in Kusong
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[2026-04-24 09:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Watch the hearing live here from 10.15 AM via the Federal Court.
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[2026-04-24 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Japanese government has rolled out subsidies to ease the burden on consumers grappling with higher living costs. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
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[2026-04-24 09:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie says Australia has allowed an overreliance on the United States military to weaken the country.
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[2026-04-24 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan late Thursday announced stunning charges against an Army officer who allegedly traded on classified info involving the US military operation to capture former Venezuelan strong man Nicolás Maduro – netting $400,000.
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[2026-04-24 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The imprisoned Mexican Mafia kingpin accused of calling the shots for Southern California’s sprawling “gang of gangs” oversaw everything from drug dealing and kidnappings to murder from his cell nearly 200 miles away, federal prosecutors say.
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[2026-04-24 09:32 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A US soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $US400,000 ($560,000) in an online betting market, federal officials announced.
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[2026-04-24 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Federal authorities arrested a US Army special forces soldier Gannon Van Dyke on Thursday for allegedly using classified insider information from the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Polymarket - the first known instance of the Department of Justice prosecuting insider trading on such a platform.
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[2026-04-24 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Football] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Spurs face must-win game at Wolves, Arsenal fight to keep title hopes alive and Chelsea step into a post-Rosenior world
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[2026-04-24 08:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The disappearances and deaths of at least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have drawn scrutiny from online sleuths and now federal investigators. But for grieving relatives, all the wild speculation is "disgusting".
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[2026-04-24 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nearly half of young Americans, 46%, believe that the United States’ relationship with Israel is mostly a burden to the United States, according to a new survey from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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[2026-04-24 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As financial incentives fall flat, the government should take aim at the pressures holding back family formation
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[2026-04-24 08:45 UTC+10:00] [birth rate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As financial incentives fall flat, the government should take aim at the pressures holding back family formation
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[2026-04-24 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Iranian woman accused of helping to secure weapons for the regime will remain behind bars after a no-nonsense message from a federal judge.
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[2026-04-24 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: White House director of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-04-24 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El expresidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro, a la derecha, escucha mientras su abogado defensor, Barry Pollack, en el centro, se dirige al juez Alvin Hellerstien (que no aparece en la imagen), ante la mirada de la esposa de Maduro, Cilia Flores, en el extremo izquierdo, el jueves 26 de marzo de 2026, en el tribunal federal de Manhattan, en Nueva York.
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[2026-04-24 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The son of an upstate New York federal judge who secretly filmed sexual encounters with at least 75 women in his Manhattan apartment whined that his life was ruined by the criminal case — even as he got off easy Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Councilman Chi Ossé are in the wrong field: As they proved this week, they belong in show business, not politics.
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[2026-04-24 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Republican senator to lead bipartisan delegation to China next week; visit will begin on May 1, with stops planned in Shanghai and Beijing
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[2026-04-24 08:18 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Republican senator to lead bipartisan delegation to China next week; visit will begin on May 1, with stops planned in Shanghai and Beijing
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[2026-04-24 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Luke Littler won the Premier League in 2024
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[2026-04-24 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, far right, listens as his defense attorney, Barry Pollack, center, addresses Judge Alvin Hellerstien (not pictured), as Maduro’s wife Cilia Flores, far left, looks on. Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Manhattan federal court inNew York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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[2026-04-24 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Eight months after the collapse of an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a third of the victims will obtain a $6.7 million settlement.
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[2026-04-24 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Scottish Parliament election has been typically packed with promises to spend money on new policy ideas.
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[2026-04-24 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A U.S. Army soldier was arrested on a federal indictment accusing him of using classified information to make bets that won him $400,000 on the Polymarket prediction market related to the American military mission that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 08:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A coalition of civic groups filed a constitutional complaint Thursday over a sexual violence case in which courts acquitted the defendant despite the alleged victim having repeatedly refused, arguing that the ruling violated constitutional rights including sexual self-determination.
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