Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-16 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A trailers outside a proposed ICE detention center in a small community in western Maryland known as a destination for weekend bicyclists and Civil War history buffs in Williamsport, Md., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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[2026-04-16 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A official holds a ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game between Arizona and Michigan at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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[2026-04-16 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered a probe into whether right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro issued defamatory statements about his election rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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[2026-04-16 07:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-16 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Social media bosses are being summoned to Downing Street on Thursday to discuss children's safety online with the prime minister.
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[2026-04-16 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday that the relentless US debt issuance is undermining the premium Treasuries have commanded from investors, with implications for government securities across the globe.
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[2026-04-16 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: More than 5,000 Graco infant car seats sold through Target, Walmart and other major retailers are being recalled in the United States after the company and federal regulators warned of an injury risk tied to the seat base.
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[2026-04-16 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-16 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — A US jury on Wednesday found that entertainment giant Live Nation wielded monopoly power at its Ticketmaster business, violating federal and state antitrust laws, according to California's attorney general.
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[2026-04-16 07:04 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents south of the refinery in Corio warned to shelter inside due to smoke
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[2026-04-16 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US attorney’s office in Washington has requested that a federal appeals judge overturn convictions for members of far-right groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, who had been found guilty of seditious conspiracy over January 2021 Capitol Hill riots.
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[2026-04-16 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-16 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Live Nation, the entertainment giant which owns Ticketmaster, has been illegally operating as a monopoly and overcharging fans, a federal jury has found.
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[2026-04-16 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Monday, Lauren Bullis, a 40-year-old Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee, was "brutally shot and stabbed to death" while walking her dog, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin is blaming the Biden administration for her murder.
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[2026-04-16 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody after she was detained earlier this month.
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[2026-04-16 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ticketmaster owner Live Nation has maintained an illegal monopoly over the live event and ticketing markets, according to a bombshell verdict announced in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: It was in 1993 that Korea adopted a full local autonomous system, a pivotal development in the nation’s administrative structure. The Local Autonomy Act was then amended in 1994, and the first nationwide local government elections took place in June 1995. I still remember the excitement and the sense of unfamiliarity surrounding those elections at that time.
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[2026-04-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The war involving the US, Israel and Iran has triggered a wave of alarm across the international community. Commentators speak of a collapsing US order, the return of an era of war and self-help. These reactions are understandable. Alarm is natural. But misreading is not. Much of the current debate is driven less by prudent analysis than by impetuous perceptions.
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[2026-04-16 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-04-16 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Stephanie Richards
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[2026-04-16 06:19 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-16 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is a unique framework that should be maintained. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-04-16 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 15 (Yonhap) -- Top U.S. commanders in the Indo-Pacific will attend Senate and House committee hearings at the Capitol in Washington next week, Congress's website showed Wednesday, amid concerns that the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran could affect America's focus on countering threats from China and North Korea.
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[2026-04-16 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The ISIS-loving teens charged with hurling homemade bombs outside Gracie Mansion were arraigned on federal terrorism charges Wednesday — as prosecutors said they need more time to comb through the pair’s phones and laptops.
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[2026-04-16 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Coalition's immigration plan would make it harder for non-citizens to use government assistance to buy a home. (ABC News: Fletcher Yeung)
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[2026-04-16 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thomas Morgan is a digital journalist and producer for the ABC's national news desk, based out of the London bureau. He previously worked as a digital producer and Northern Territory political reporter for ABC News in Darwin.
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[2026-04-16 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar has announced plans to overhaul state media and called for the country’s president to resign, as he moves to form a new government following his party’s landmark election victory.
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[2026-04-16 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – A resolution to rein in US President Donald Trump’s authority to wage war with Iran has failed for the fourth time in the US Senate, where lawmakers have pledged to introduce the measure weekly.
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[2026-04-16 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a news conference in March. © Reuters
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[2026-04-16 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A majority of the US Senate backed US President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the war until hostilities are authorized by Congress.
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[2026-04-16 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel will expand the buffer zone in Lebanon while continuing to strike Hezbollah forces, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday evening.
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[2026-04-16 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US economic activity continued to increase at a "slight-to-modest" pace across most regions as the war with Iran generated a new wave of uncertainty and higher energy costs, the Federal Reserve said. The just released Beige Book - which featured information compiled by the New York Fed and collected through April 6, capturing the early effects of the war on the US economy - was the first one to discuss the state of the US economy after the Iran war
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[2026-04-16 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At a moment it remains a serious open question over just how vulnerable China is to the Hormuz Strait crisis, and now with the US-imposed US naval blockade of the vital oil transit waterway, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Beijing pledging energy support to China.
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[2026-04-16 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Michael Rapino, CEO de Live Nation Entertainment Inc., llega al tribunal federal de Manhattan, jueves 19 de marzo de 2026 en Nueva York. (Foto AP/Adam Gray)
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[2026-04-16 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: An Apollo Bay real estate agent says the holiday rental market has dropped since the government introduced its short stays levy. (ABC News: Jean Bell)
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[2026-04-16 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Michael Rapino, chief executive officer and president of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., arrives at Manhattan Federal court, Thursday, March 19, 2026 in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
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[2026-04-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Xi Jinping's meeting with Taiwanese opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun on April 10 in Beijing allowed the Chinese president to project a conciliatory mood toward some factions in Taiwan, particularly the KMT. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Xinhua/AP)
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[2026-04-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of the most audacious undertakings in Victorian politics is Jacinta Allan’s attempt to repackage her 12-year-old Labor administration as a government of new solutions.
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[2026-04-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 16, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: City of Melbourne councillors have left the door open to supporting a proposed fountain in Carlton offered as a gift by family of wealthy property developers who donated it to Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election campaign.
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[2026-04-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-16 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: As demandas para a redução da jornada de trabalho no Brasil tiveram um novo capítulo nesta semana, com o anúncio de um envio, pelo governo federal, de um projeto de lei ao Congresso que busca reduzir a jornada de 44 horas e, consequentemente, acabar com a escala 6x1 dos empregados.
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[2026-04-16 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill,Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-04-16 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said the country's top priority was to secure the "dismantling" of Hezbollah in its first direct talks with Lebanon in decades.
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[2026-04-16 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute,
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[2026-04-16 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A former Bravo television star is trading boozy Hamptons blowouts for politics — launching an unlikely bid to unseat a sitting Republican in Congress in rural Minnesota.
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[2026-04-16 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has been unambiguous about his desire for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping voting law that supporters say will boost election security and that detractors say risks disenfranchising millions of voters.
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[2026-04-16 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli hits a boundary during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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[2026-04-16 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Reservists Party launched a campaign on Wednesday against haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and Arab parties ahead of the elections, calling to stop those who do not serve in the IDF from voting or running for the Knesset.
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[2026-04-16 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Sunday’s Hungarian election indicates that right-wing populism will be short-lived, the leader of Britain’s center-right Conservatives claimed.
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