Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-15 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arsenal’s manager Mikel Arteta reacts during the Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Bournemouth in London, England Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
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[2026-04-15 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A major organization representing young Israelis serving in the military said on Wednesday that it will align politically with former prime minister Naftali Bennett, formally joining the “Bennett 2026” party ahead of the next Israeli elections.
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[2026-04-15 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Vincent Kompany won the Premier League four times with Manchester City
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[2026-04-15 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man waves a Hungarian flag as he celebrates in the streets after the announcement of partial results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
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[2026-04-15 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: More than a day and many media interviews after Angus Taylor unveiled the first plank of the Coalition's long-awaited migration policy, it's unclear what the opposition is actually proposing to change. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)
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[2026-04-15 17:11 UTC+10:00] [Indonesia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Internal warnings reveal a government split over risks that blanket access for US warplanes could drag Indonesia into foreign conflicts
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[2026-04-15 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Jeepney drivers stage a protest in Quezon City in Metro Manila demanding government support as fuel prices continue to rise. (Photo by Ramon Royandoyan)
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[2026-04-15 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has attacked Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of his main European allies, over her unwillingness to join the war on Iran.
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[2026-04-15 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-15 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More than 52,000 voters were allowed to cast ballots on Monday after delivery failures disrupted polling, as supporters of Rafael López Aliaga demanded the resignation of electoral chief Piero Corvetto and counting continued for a third day in Lima. Partial results from 77 per cent of ballots counted showed Keiko Fujimori in the lead with 16.86 per cent, followed by Rafael López Aliaga and Jorge Nieto, as Peru holds a tightly contested 2026 presidential election with mandatory voting for over
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[2026-04-15 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Italy has suspended the automatic renewal of its defense agreement with Israel amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, now 'paused' as a two-week ceasefire holds in order to give a chance for talks.
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[2026-04-15 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and pressed for “closer and stronger strategic coordination” between Beijing and Moscow, according to state media.
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[2026-04-15 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In recent weeks, Lebanon’s government, led by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, has repeatedly called for direct talks with Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the shift, saying, “In light of Lebanon’s repeated requests to open direct negotiations with Israel, I have instructed the cabinet to begin such talks as soon as possible,” less than a week ago.
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[2026-04-15 16:27 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia is leveraging its food exports to secure critical imports of fuel and fertiliser from Brunei as farmers warn that soaring costs and fuel shortage fears may stop half the country’s growers from planting crops this season.
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[2026-04-15 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice is set to convene at 10 a.m. on Wednesday for a closely watched hearing on petitions seeking to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in a case that goes to the core of who decides when political supervision of the police crosses into unlawful interference with law enforcement.
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[2026-04-15 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Mining and Metals Industry
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[2026-04-15 16:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: A state's political donation and campaign funding laws have been ruled constitutionally invalid, in a case that could have national implications.In a landmark 71-page judgment today, the High Court struck out Victoria's Australian-first political donation rules.The court found part 12 of the Electoral Act, which regulates political donations and election expenditure, "impermissibly burdens" the Australian constitution's implied freedom of political communication.READ MORE: US commanders say no ships have passed naval blockade of Iranian portsThe High Court held the visa refusal
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[2026-04-15 16:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-04-15 16:09 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former Treasury secretary says the tax rate is ‘socially optimal’ in submission to a new parliamentary inquiry
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[2026-04-15 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-04-15 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mose Kopyoto has applied to sue the Australian government for unpaid accommodation costs. (ABC News: Marian Faa)
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[2026-04-15 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- The government will cover additional shipping costs crude importers have to bear when importing alternative supplies from regions other than the Middle East, the industry ministry said Wednesday, as part of efforts to stabilize the country's energy supply amid the Middle Eastern crisis.
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[2026-04-15 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more remarks on monetary policy from 9th para)
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[2026-04-15 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The government is simultaneously confronting the economic consequences of the war in Iran, as spelt out starkly by the International Monetary Fund and the sharpening of arguments from some, including former Nato secretary general Lord Robertson, that the war is evidence defence spending needs to go up more and more quickly.
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[2026-04-15 15:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-04-15 15:16 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Australian Defence Force will be dangerously unprepared for the growing security threats the nation faces unless the Albanese government announces a major increase in defence spending this week, some of the nation’s top military experts have warned.
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[2026-04-15 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US rapper Kanye West postponed late Tuesday his concert in the French city of Marseille, following reports that the country's interior minister was seeking to block the performance.
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[2026-04-15 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBU CITY — A Cebu-based political group slammed the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte even as a key witness delivered explosive allegations before the House Committee on Justice.
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[2026-04-15 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will depart for an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, his office said, as Islamabad continues feverish rounds of diplomacy aimed at facilitating US-Iran peace talks.
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[2026-04-15 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Families of the missing in Mexico have been left to carry out their own searches, digging at suspected clandestine grave sites across cartel-controlled areas. With more than 130,000 people disappeared, frustration is growing over stalled investigations, while the government rejects international pressure to strengthen its response to the crisis. (AP Video / Eduardo Verdugo, Diana de la Mora and Alexis Triboulard)
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[2026-04-15 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: If you talk to businesses about the UK government, the same refrain crops up time and again, that nothing gets done.
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[2026-04-15 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Nicole Mowbray is the spokesperson for The Lesbian Action Group. (ABC News: Patrick Stone)
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[2026-04-15 14:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As overnight shifts increase at the Industry and Energy Ministry amid prolonged conflict in the Middle East, Minister Kim Jung-kwan sends letters, gifts to thank staff families
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[2026-04-15 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A business owner who tells his staff to turn away customers with certain food allergies insists the burger kitchen's policy is "fair".
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[2026-04-15 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new US law removing a deadline for laying claim to art looted during the Holocaust has gone into effect after US President Donald Trump signed it on Monday.
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[2026-04-15 14:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Peruvians will vote in a presidential runoff in two months after none of the 35 candidates secured an outright victory in the weekend election, though by Tuesday afternoon, the two contenders in the June vote were still unconfirmed.
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[2026-04-15 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Sri Lanka has repatriated 238 Iranian sailors stranded in the South Asian country after one of their warships was torpedoed by a US submarine, a minister told AFP on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: China’s President Xi Jinping holds a talk with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Iori Sagisawa/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-15 14:34 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia’s government is taking the extraordinary step of underwriting new apartment builds to address “market failure” in high-density housing in the state.
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[2026-04-15 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow could help offset energy shortages in China as the US blockade on Iranian ports disrupts supply.
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[2026-04-15 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GREENFIELD Tower has reached a remarkable 96 percent occupancy rate or 46,000 of leasable area. This milestone underscores the sustained demand for workplaces that offer more than just accessibility; with an anticipated 100 percent leased-out status by third quarter of the year, reaffirming Greenfield District as a premier business address in Mandaluyong City.
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[2026-04-15 13:58 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Why imitate Pauline Hanson when voters can have the real thing? The opposition leader’s tactics only spread fear, hate and division
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[2026-04-15 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He also says people with ulterior motives have politicised the deadly Tai Po fire to stir up social unrest, urging residents to remain vigilant
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[2026-04-15 13:34 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He also says people with ulterior motives have politicised the deadly Tai Po fire to stir up social unrest, urging residents to remain vigilant
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[2026-04-15 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the possibility of the wealthy migrating to Hong Kong from the United Arab Emirates, and the Hong Kong government’s response to war’s disruptions
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[2026-04-15 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Singaporean government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the possibility of the wealthy migrating to Hong Kong from the United Arab Emirates, and the Hong Kong government’s response to war’s disruptions
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[2026-04-15 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-15 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For years, support for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system was one of the few constants in Washington that seemed immune to the churn of politics.
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[2026-04-15 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US Department of Justice has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the convictions of 12 people who were found guilty of seditious conspiracy related to the 6 January 2021 riots.
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[2026-04-15 12:50 UTC+10:00] [Victorian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Section of state’s electoral act that introduced caps on political donations but carved out an exemption for major parties ruled unconstitutional
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