Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-06 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s largest business lobby said Monday it is ready to work with the government on a windfall tax to help plug a widening budget deficit driven by soaring wartime spending.
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[2026-04-06 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jonathan Turley,
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[2026-04-06 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The minister says Yee’s case shows how foreign media and rights advocates have mistaken an offensive repeat offender for a free-speech icon
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[2026-04-06 22:20 UTC+10:00] [The New Yorker] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The minister says Yee’s case shows how foreign media and rights advocates have mistaken an offensive repeat offender for a free-speech icon
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[2026-04-06 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Lisa Sarines appeared on track to build a commanding lead in the premier girls’ 15-18 division, but a late meltdown turned the tournament into a gripping sibling duel.
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[2026-04-06 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new petition against Israel’s newly enacted death penalty law reached the High Court on Monday, adding a third front to the fast-forming legal challenge over one of the coalition’s most controversial measures.
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[2026-04-06 22:01 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The special Wednesday holiday granted to government institutions, schools, universities and judicial services will be discontinued with effect from April 8, the Commissioner General of Essential Services announced today (06).
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[2026-04-06 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-06 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel struck Iran's largest petrochemical complex at Asaluyeh on Monday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said.
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[2026-04-06 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says Washington had armed Iranian opposition groups and protesters during mass antigovernment demonstrations in December and January, in which thousands of people were killed during crackdowns by government forces.
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[2026-04-06 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Cebu provincial government tracked developments on Monday, after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck northern Cebu, sending tremors across the province and neighboring areas.
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[2026-04-06 21:42 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has received over 10,000 complaints in 2025, according to the NCPA Director (Planning and Information), Shanika Malalgoda.
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[2026-04-06 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A schoolgirl from a low-income family in the Ambepitiya, Anandagama area of the Beruwala Divisional Secretariat has been gifted a bicycle to support her education.
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[2026-04-06 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
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[2026-04-06 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MADRID, Spain — A week of legal reckoning for Spain's two main political groups began Monday as a former conservative interior minister went on trial for allegedly spying on an ex-party treasurer who threatened to expose corruption.
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[2026-04-06 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Jewish groups and MPs have called on the Wireless Festival to cancel Kanye West's headline booking and for the government to ban the US rapper from the UK over his history of antisemitism.
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[2026-04-06 21:06 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Stephen Kiprillis
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[2026-04-06 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: A week of legal reckoning for Spain's two main political groups began Monday as a former conservative interior minister went on trial for allegedly spying on an ex-party treasurer who threatened to expose corruption.
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[2026-04-06 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Indonesian government on April 6 announces fuel surcharges in response to domestic airlines' outcry, but keeps airfare caps unchanged. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-04-06 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Poll workers sort ballots at the Kenosha Municipal Building on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
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[2026-04-06 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign directing voters sits outside the headquarters of Salt River Project on Monday, March 30, 2026, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)
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[2026-04-06 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-04-06 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike on an apartment east of Beirut late on Sunday killed a local official from a Christian political party, sharpening internal divides over Hezbollah as Israel's strikes expand to new parts of the country.
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[2026-04-06 20:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Cabinet on Monday approved revised legislation designating Labor Day as an official public holiday, allowing all workers to take the day off this year.
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[2026-04-06 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Soaring fuel costs due to US-Israel war on Iran have pushed the Egyptian government to issue a month-long early-closing order. Small businesses are scrambling to adapt.
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[2026-04-06 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Michigan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Heated discourse over Israel and influencer Hasan Piker has created cracks between progressive and establishment Democratic candidates in key swing state
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[2026-04-06 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victorian Liberal president Phil Davis has warned his party against chasing One Nation to the fringe of Australian politics and urged his own, warring state executive to make peace to give Opposition Leader Jess Wilson a clear run into the November state election.
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[2026-04-06 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide Artemis II crew member Christina Koch enjoys the view of Earth from the Orion spacecraft. AFPInfo Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf opposition party run at police as they protest against a rise in fuel prices in Karachi. AFPInfo An American white ibis flies towards scarlet ibises in Cumaral, Colombia.
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[2026-04-06 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Kurdish Iranian opposition groups denied receiving arms from the US after a new report appeared on Fox News on April 5. This is the second time Kurds have been put in the spotlight since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28.
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[2026-04-06 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
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[2026-04-06 19:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's industry minister on Monday said that an industry-wide shutdown is unlikely even in the worst-case scenario of the Middle East crisis, assuring that secured crude oil and liquefied natural gas levels are enough to power the manufacturing plants.
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[2026-04-06 19:17 UTC+10:00] [Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Serbia’s top military brass said Ukraine was not behind an incident involving explosives near a gas pipeline with Hungary, in a rebuke to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who heavily implied Kyiv was involved.
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[2026-04-06 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In 2018, Emirati academic Abdulkhaleq Abdulla published a book titled The Gulf Moment, arguing that states such as the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia had eclipsed countries such as Egypt and Iraq - the historical core of the region - and were now projecting political, economic and cultural power on the world stage.
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[2026-04-06 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: As a cybersecurity reporter at ProPublica, much of my work over the past two years has focused on how the federal government and its IT contractors, like Microsoft, have navigated major technological transitions. The one now in the news every day is artificial intelligence.
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[2026-04-06 18:54 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Police have arrested a Chinese national in connection with the murder of a Chinese woman in the Kohuwala area. The suspect was apprehended on Sunday (5) while staying at a hotel in the Colpetty area.
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[2026-04-06 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz and the IDF announced on Monday that the Israel Air Force assassinated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Intelligence Organization chief, Majid Khademi.
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[2026-04-06 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran and the United States have received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals said on Monday.
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[2026-04-06 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US government has pressured satellite imaging company Planet Labs to stop publishing photos of the Middle East.
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[2026-04-06 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un attends a parade with his daughter in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 25, 2026 as the North wrapped up the Workers’ Party congress. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.
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[2026-04-06 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-president may be a liability to his former People Power Party ahead of local elections on June 3 amid falling approval ratings
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[2026-04-06 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-president may be a liability to his former People Power Party ahead of local elections on June 3 amid falling approval ratings
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[2026-04-06 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Assam, India – Amoiya Medhi says attending an election rally organised by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in her hometown in India’s northeastern state of Assam is a matter of both religious compulsion and personal gratitude.
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[2026-04-06 17:46 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The All-Island Canteen and Restaurant Owners’ Association has announced a price increase of Rs. 20 for fried rice, kottu, and rice and curry packets, effective from midnight today (06).
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[2026-04-06 17:39 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has warned that the Strait of Hormuz “will never return to its former state, especially for the US and Israel,” according to a statement posted on social media. The IRGC added that it is in the final stages of operational preparations for what Iranian officials have described as a “new order” for the Gulf.
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[2026-04-06 17:38 UTC+10:00] [Petrol prices] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy minister Chris Bowen says 3.4% of Australia’s service stations had no diesel, as of Monday, after wholesale prices surged
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[2026-04-06 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group said Monday it has signed a preliminary agreement with state-run banks to advance its 9 trillion-won (US$5.9 billion) project to develop the Saemangeum reclaimed area into a hub for future mobility solutions.
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[2026-04-06 17:09 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: United Arab Emirates official Anwar Gargash said any settlement of the U.S.-Iran war must guarantee access through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that a deal that fails to rein in Iran’s nuclear program and its missiles and drones would pave the way for "a more dangerous, more volatile Middle East."
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[2026-04-06 17:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two Labor MPs who are doctors want their government to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme, warning that public support will crumble if the $50 billion program isn’t redesigned.
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[2026-04-06 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Ziv Agmon will remain his spokesperson until his replacement takes over, despite controversial racist comments attributed to him.
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[2026-04-06 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In 2018, Emirati academic Abdulkhaleq Abdulla published a book titled The Gulf Moment, arguing that states such as the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia had eclipsed countries such as Egypt and Iraq - the historical core of the region - and were now projecting political, economic and cultural power on the world stage.
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