Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-09 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines - Authorities nearly captured fugitive businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang at an undisclosed location in the Philippines, but arresting officers—including Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla—arrived too late, the DILG chief said Friday.
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[2026-04-09 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Delay risks entrenching a policy vacuum as member states diverge and Brussels struggles to evolve its approach
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[2026-04-09 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Delay risks entrenching a policy vacuum as member states diverge and Brussels struggles to evolve its approach
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[2026-04-09 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese government is calling for direct talks with Israel, according to Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground in Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Green Party leader Zack Polanski has attacked the government's record on building affordable and social housing at his party's local election campaign launch.
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[2026-04-09 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European government bonds reversed course on Thursday, moving higher after plunging during the previous session, as a fragile Middle East ceasefire keeps markets on edge.
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[2026-04-09 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El técnico Arne Slot y Curtis Jones de Liverpool se retiran del campo tras la derrota 2-0 ante Paris Saint-Germain en la Liga de Campeones, el miércoles 8 de abril de 2026, en París. (AP Foto/Thibault Camus)
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[2026-04-09 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People shop at a grocery store, in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-04-09 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Education Ministry plans to expand its subsidized summer program for elementary pupils by three weeks and launch a new summer program for middle school students in response to closures during the war, Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Core inflation eased slightly in February before the recent surge in energy prices, according to a key gauge released Thursday that offers the Federal Reserve a snapshot of conditions leading into the Iran war.
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[2026-04-09 22:23 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In his Q&A with journalists today, John Healey, the defence secretary, was asked about Russia sending a warship through the Channel escorting Russian ships subject to sanctions.
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[2026-04-09 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that Lebanon is “an inseparable part of the ceasefire” between the US and Iran and warned of “strong responses” to violations of the deal in comments made on X on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Bangladesh is battling a major measles outbreak, with the government reporting more than 1,000 suspected cases across the country in 24 hours.
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[2026-04-09 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Bangladesh is battling a major measles outbreak, with the government reporting more than 1,000 suspected cases across the country in 24 hours.
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[2026-04-09 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Turkiye’s energy minister says the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, due to the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, indicates the importance of diversifying energy routes and will force the world to move towards forming a new energy structure.
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[2026-04-09 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s cabinet has secretly approved a record number of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli news channel i24NEWS.
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[2026-04-09 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-09 22:03 UTC+10:00] [Hungary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Survey published days before election in which anti-EU Viktor Orbán risks being ousted after 16 years
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[2026-04-09 21:59 UTC+10:00] [Energy crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: DUBLIN — The Irish government deployed the army Thursday to remove trucks and tractors currently blocking key ports used for importing fuel and critical chemicals into the country.
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[2026-04-09 21:51 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni distanced herself from U.S. President Donald Trump during a parliamentary address on Thursday, in a bid to save her premiership after a bruising referendum defeat last month.
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[2026-04-09 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new petition filed with the High Court of Justice on Thursday is seeking to strike down the new law allowing rabbinical courts to serve as arbitrators in certain civil disputes.
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[2026-04-09 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial is set to resume on Sunday after weeks in which Israel’s court system operated under emergency restrictions because of the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-09 21:39 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Israel to halt its attacks in Lebanon, which she said went beyond self-defense against Hezbollah and endangered the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-09 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's cabinet on Thursday instructed security forces to restrict weapons in the capital, Beirut, exclusively to state institutions.
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[2026-04-09 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel’s cabinet has approved the construction of 34 settlements in the occupied West Bank, a record number that pushes the Palestinian territory further towards annexation.
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[2026-04-09 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s federal budget deficit surged past its full-year target in the first three months of 2026, underscored by a sharp decline in energy tax receipts and a double-digit spike in government spending.
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[2026-04-09 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Plaid Cymru says it will deliver universal childcare from the age of nine months and surgical hubs to cut waiting lists if it wins the next Senedd election.
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[2026-04-09 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Streamer Hasan Piker, left, and Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, center right, take a selfie with young fans following a campaign event, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-09 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Taiwanese opposition leader was delivered milk tea by a drone at the headquarters of internet giant Meituan
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[2026-04-09 21:00 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Taiwanese opposition leader was delivered milk tea by a drone at the headquarters of internet giant Meituan
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[2026-04-09 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The complaint seeks to hold Min Aung Hlaing accountable for international crimes in an Indonesian court, following recent legal changes
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[2026-04-09 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Min Aung Hlaing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The complaint seeks to hold Min Aung Hlaing accountable for international crimes in an Indonesian court, following recent legal changes
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[2026-04-09 20:57 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: European Commission says call in which Hungary’s Péter Szijjártó appears to offer to share documents about Ukrainian accession is ‘alarming’
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[2026-04-09 20:57 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Global oil prices have risen as concerns grow over whether a fragile US-Iran ceasefire will hold after Israel launched a wave of strikes on Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 20:55 UTC+10:00] [French politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — The front-runner to become France’s next president appears to be off the market.
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[2026-04-09 20:55 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Stephen Kiprillis
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[2026-04-09 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a development that has reignited outrage over North Carolina’s handling of violent repeat offenders and the mentally ill, the man accused of savagely murdering Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train - saying "I got that white girl" - has been declared “incapable to proceed” with his state murder trial.
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[2026-04-09 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Four key players in the Iran war's tentative truce, from left: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif; Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi; U.S. President Donald Trump; and Pakistan's military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
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[2026-04-09 20:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The ruling Democratic Party announced Thursday it has selected Chong Won-o, a former chief of Seoul's Seongdong district, as its candidate for Seoul mayor in the upcoming June 3 local elections.
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[2026-04-09 20:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is expected to speak by phone with his Iranian counterpart later Thursday, officials said, with stranded South Korea-related vessels in the Strait of Hormuz likely to top the agenda following the US-Iran ceasefire.
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[2026-04-09 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Carly Jenkins, left, and Alex Thomson, center, pay their respects alongside others during a vigil for Charlie Kirk on Sept. 12, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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[2026-04-09 20:23 UTC+10:00] [Royal Navy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: John Healey says warship and aircraft forced Russia to abandon activity in North Sea in month-long operation
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[2026-04-09 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Plans for automated military conscription during a US national emergency are advancing and on schedule to be in place by the end of the year, according to the federal agency tasked with maintaining the list, the Selective Service System (SSS).
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[2026-04-09 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Plans for automated military conscription during a US national emergency are advancing and on schedule to be in place by the end of the year, according to the federal agency tasked with maintaining the list, the Selective Service System (SSS).
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[2026-04-09 20:21 UTC+10:00] [Iranian Foreign Minister] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Maybe not, analysts say, but much of what happens next rests on ‘wild card’ Israel
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[2026-04-09 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Haifa resident has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence, including allegedly producing explosives intended to target former prime minister Naftali Bennett, read a joint statement issued by police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 20:13 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The top echelon of Queensland’s public service has undergone only its second major internal reshuffle since the Crisafulli government’s initial overhaul of senior bureaucrats in late 2024.
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[2026-04-09 20:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Chong Won-o, former three-term district chief of Seongdong-gu in Seoul, was confirmed Thursday as the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for the Seoul mayoral race in the upcoming June local election.
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[2026-04-09 20:08 UTC+10:00] [Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — Hungary’s talks with Russian officials about sanctions were “a betrayal of the solidarity that is required among members of the European Union,” France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 20:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government said Thursday it will maintain the current price ceilings on fuel products for the next two weeks amid the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East with a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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