Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-24 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has said that Benjamin Netanyahu is the perpetrator of genocide in Gaza, and that he would lobby the UK government to arrest the Israeli premier if he ever visited.
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[2026-07-24 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-07-24 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: I have a confession to make. I am terrible with names. I might remember that someone has a biblical name, but whether it’s Rachel or Rebecca escapes me, and Shlomo and Shmuel are at similar risk of being switched.
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[2026-07-24 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump will address the White House Correspondents' Association at a rescheduled dinner on Friday, nearly three months after a shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel interrupted the event.
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[2026-07-24 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday instructed officials to accelerate the establishment of the planned settlement of Shalem in Samaria following the stabbing and suspected arson attack that took place several hours earlier near the Derech Avraham Farm.
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[2026-07-24 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Turkey’s deposed main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel addresses party’s supporters during a parliamentary group meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Yavuz Ozden/DIA Photo via AP)
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[2026-07-24 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RADM Rommel Ong of the Ateneo School of Government argues that the tensions in the West Philippine Sea are not a manifestation of military violence, but rather a deliberate attempt to undermine the country’s food and energy security. VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS
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[2026-07-24 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RADM Rommel Ong of the Ateneo School of Government argues that the tensions in the West Philippine Sea are not a manifestation of military violence, but rather a deliberate attempt to undermine the country’s food and energy security. VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS
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[2026-07-24 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says for his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA), the content will comprise a report on the government's efforts to tackle the challenges of the past year. In an ambush interview on July 24, 2026, Marcos said that the SONA would reflect the administration's measures to steer the country through 'a very difficult period in our history,' marked by external and domestic pressures.
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[2026-07-24 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Veterans Minister Kwon Oh-eul said Friday he would make efforts to further eliminate blind spots of compensation for surviving family members of war veterans and the descendants of independence activists.
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[2026-07-24 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, incoming Labor President Kate Ellis and Australian Labor Party National Secretary Paul Erickson appear at the 50th Australian Labor Party (ALP) national convention in Adelaide, Australia, on July 23. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)
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[2026-07-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A new survey suggests voters are becoming more cynical and pessimistic. A few goodwill gestures from No 10 won’t change all that – but it’s a start
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[2026-07-24 19:55 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Perth court has heard a government commission staffer had “apprehensions” ahead of a meeting at the heart of a long-running defamation spat, during which she was asked to stop taking notes.
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[2026-07-24 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Lanao del Norte reached another milestone in sports infrastructure after the 400-meter track oval at the Mindanao Civic Center (MCC) in Tubod earned a Class 2 certification from World Athletics (WA), making the complex the first in Mindanao to feature two internationally certified sports facilities.
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[2026-07-24 19:38 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Andy Burnham has arrived by police convoy at No 10 North at Heron House in Manchester:
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[2026-07-24 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Spanish government is overseeing firefighting amid multiple blazes. The PM has urged a multiparty pact on tackling climate change
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[2026-07-24 19:36 UTC+10:00] [Madrid] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Spanish government is overseeing firefighting amid multiple blazes. The PM has urged a multiparty pact on tackling climate change
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[2026-07-24 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on before his meeting with Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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[2026-07-24 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Bank of Japan plans to monitor the impact of the previous rate hike in June, amid Middle East tensions and inflation risks stemming from elevated oil prices. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-07-24 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Bank of Japan plans to monitor the impact of the previous rate hike in June, amid Middle East tensions and inflation risks stemming from elevated oil prices. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-07-24 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A workplace tribunal has ordered Uber to reinstate a driver it banned over 12 complaints alleging inappropriate touching, spitting on and swearing at passengers as well as speeding, as the rideshare giant continues to rally against the government’s gig economy worker protections.
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[2026-07-24 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Negotiations over a fresh pay deal between the state government and public school teachers are at a stalemate following high-profile industrial action which saw some 20,000 striking teachers take to the streets on Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new White House report outlines plans to divert federal research dollars to frontline AI projects and tech giants to restore Washington’s competitive edge over Beijing.
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[2026-07-24 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tensions between China and the Philippines are continuing after Manila’s coastguard accused its Chinese counterpart of firing a water cannon at government vessels near a disputed shoal for the second day.
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[2026-07-24 19:20 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Felix Ming Ze Lee, 25, is expected to donate about $10,000 a head to the Labor Party for a dinner hosted in his family’s Point Piper mansion that included Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, CBA chief executive Matt Comyn, former Victorian premier Dan Andrews and Lowes Menswear heir Joshua Penn.
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[2026-07-24 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi is in “critical condition,” his lawyers said on Thursday, after the 85-year old fainted and suffered severe exhaustion.
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[2026-07-24 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Spanish government on Thursday night declared a national emergency after a series of wildfires threatened communities near Madrid and in the neighbouring province of Avila, forcing more than 10,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggled to contain the blazes.
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[2026-07-24 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The asylum seekers would be ‘susceptible to enforcement raids’ and ‘extortion by both authorities and locals’, an activist says
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[2026-07-24 19:12 UTC+10:00] [asylum seekers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The asylum seekers would be ‘susceptible to enforcement raids’ and ‘extortion by both authorities and locals’, an activist says
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[2026-07-24 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan convicted businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles and former Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) undersecretary Jerry Ermio Pacturan over the diversion of P50 million in public funds to bogus non-government organizations and ordered them to pay back the government in a ruling promulgated on Friday.
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[2026-07-24 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Local government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The new PM’s localism agenda doesn’t stop the UK being one of the most centralised counties in Europe. Can you imagine Meloni in charge of social care or Macron discussing buses?
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[2026-07-24 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened to seize frozen Iranian assets to cover “any and all damages” to ships and cargo damaged due to the conflict in the Middle East. Iran has hit back, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning that the move sets an “incendiary precedent” that could have global ramifications.
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[2026-07-24 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened to seize frozen Iranian assets to cover “any and all damages” to ships and cargo damaged due to the conflict in the Middle East. Iran has hit back, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning that the move sets an “incendiary precedent” that could have global ramifications.
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[2026-07-24 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to meet with the Minister of Defence Israel Katz and the army's chief of staff Eyal Zamir after an Israeli was killed in a shootout in the occupied West Bank, the office of the prime minister announced in a post on X.
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[2026-07-24 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON, United Kingdom — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will open his newly created northern office on Friday, as he bids to launch his flagship policy of reversing decades of centralising power over England in London.
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[2026-07-24 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have begun talks with India’s government to try and resolve a face-off over national examination paper leaks, although they will not halt nationwide protests, a spokesperson for the group says.
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[2026-07-24 18:26 UTC+10:00] [digital] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday unveiled the first stage of his Cabinet reshuffle aimed at making his coalition more effective and boosting its approval ratings.
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[2026-07-24 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Guinea Bissau’s junta had freed opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira after a court ordered he should be allowed to travel to Portugal for medical treatment.
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[2026-07-24 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has said Prime Minister Andy Burnham is not looking at bringing in rent controls in England.
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[2026-07-24 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday grudgingly withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.
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[2026-07-24 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 24 Jul 2026 at 6:10pm
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[2026-07-24 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage filmed in Lège-Cap-Ferret, south-western France, shows a towering plume of smoke rising above the pine forest as flames advance towards Lège-Bourg, with firefighters battling to protect homes while at least one house is consumed by the blaze. Other scenes show exhausted evacuees resting on camp beds inside a community hall after being forced to leave campsites and residential areas.
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[2026-07-24 18:04 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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[2026-07-24 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ‘long overdue’ move is expected to boost the defence ministry’s capacity to work more closely with allies and ease operational strain
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[2026-07-24 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Diet] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ‘long overdue’ move is expected to boost the defence ministry’s capacity to work more closely with allies and ease operational strain
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[2026-07-24 17:55 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) on Friday said Philippine vessels would remain on station and continue their mission near Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal despite what it described as China’s actions against government ships earlier in the day.
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[2026-07-24 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Tokyo bureau of the Japan Immigration Services Agency: The government said on July 24 that it will increase staffing by more than 200 people to tighten immigration enforcement. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
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[2026-07-24 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-07-24 17:41 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor’s membership wants the government to remove a legal barrier to voluntary assisted dying that stops doctors talking to patients over telehealth, but Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said she retained concerns about loosening any guardrails in case they enable elder abuse.
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[2026-07-24 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Philippine Foreign Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro -- the current ASEAN chair and host of the bloc's foreign ministers meetings this week in Manila -- poses with some of her European counterparts after a session on July 24. © Reuters
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