Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-06 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Monday that US President Donald Trump's threats to strike power plants and bridges in Iran could amount to war crimes.
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[2026-04-06 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Cheng Li-wun, leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party, also known by its Mandarin transliteration Kuomintang, speaks at an event hosted by the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club on March 23. (Cheng's office)
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[2026-04-06 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group said Monday it plans to adopt a five-day vehicle rotation system, tightening its existing 10-day scheme in support of the government's energy-saving drive in the public sector to address concerns over fuel shortages in the wake of the Middle East crisis.
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[2026-04-06 16:12 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka has been identified as one of the countries that recorded improvements in political rights and civil liberties in 2025, according to the latest Freedom House report titled Freedom in the World 2026.
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[2026-04-06 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met in Damascus Sunday for a high‑level, three‑way meeting.
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[2026-04-06 15:50 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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[2026-04-06 15:46 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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[2026-04-06 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
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[2026-04-06 15:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US policy shift reshapes competition while highlighting reliance on rare earths
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[2026-04-06 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1896 -- Korea's first Korean-language newspaper, the Dongnip Shinmun (The Independent), publishes its first edition in Seoul. The four-page newspaper, funded by the government and produced by Seo Jae-pil, an official educated in Japan and the United States, was aimed at reaching the general public by publishing in the vernacular as opposed to the more traditional Chinese script.
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[2026-04-06 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is preparing a significant support package for the tourism sector as it grapples with a deepening impact from the Iran war, the Minister for Economy and Tourism said.
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[2026-04-06 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s culture minister on Sunday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats, calling him an “unstable, delusional figure. (AP video shot by Bassam Hatoum)
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[2026-04-06 14:46 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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[2026-04-06 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- 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 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS Lee's remarks in last four paras; CHANGES photo)By Kim Eun-jung
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[2026-04-06 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The Cabinet approved a motion Monday to amend some texts in the Constitution, setting the stage for the National Assembly to vote on the proposed amendment and, if passed by lawmakers, the amendment will be put to a national referendum.
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[2026-04-06 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mohammad Qubaisi, 53, with burn wounds from an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon, undergoes surgery by Dr. Mohammed Ziara, left, and his team, at the Sidon Government Hospital, in Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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[2026-04-06 13:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- A Nepal court extended the detention of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his ex-home minister for a further five days on Sunday as investigators examine their alleged roles in a deadly crackdown on protests last year.
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[2026-04-06 13:40 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has published an expletive-laden post on social media in which he threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges if it failed to meet his Tuesday deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping.
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[2026-04-06 13:34 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Showers or thundershowers are expected at several places in the Northern, Eastern, North-central, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces, as well as in the Puttalam, Galle and Matara districts after 2.00 p.m. today (06), according to the Department of Meteorology.
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[2026-04-06 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, and Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, discussed the escalating war in Iran and the broader Middle East situation in a phone call, according to China’s ambassador to the United Nations.
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[2026-04-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government installing door sensors, in-home fall detectors and stair climbers at more public housing estates
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[2026-04-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government installing door sensors, in-home fall detectors and stair climbers at more public housing estates
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[2026-04-06 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Monday suggested that the government could consider exempting owners of multiple homes from heavier capital gains tax until May 9, in an apparent effort to give them more time to sell their properties before the tax exemption expires.
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[2026-04-06 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she is trying to arrange dialogue with Iran's leader. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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[2026-04-06 12:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An Asia-based economic surveillance organization said Monday that South Korea's economy is expected to expand 1.9 percent this year, supported by solid semiconductor demand and government stimulus spending.
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[2026-04-06 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- An Asia-based economic surveillance organization said Monday that South Korea's economy is expected to expand 1.9 percent this year, supported by solid semiconductor demand and government stimulus spending.
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[2026-04-06 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-06 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The government will operate a low-interest loan program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) suffering or expected to suffer damage from South Korea's trade agreements with foreign countries, the industry ministry said Monday.
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[2026-04-06 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BUDAPEST — Gábor Iványi performed Viktor Orbán’s wedding and later baptized two of his children in the 1990s, little suspecting his friend’s government would one day put him on trial.
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[2026-04-06 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Journey’s farewell world tour is currently underway — despite Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain being in the midst of lawsuits, politics and bad blood.
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[2026-04-06 11:42 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials cast the rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran as an "Easter miracle” on Sunday, framing the operation in religious terms that portrayed the war as a just cause and divinely blessed.
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[2026-04-06 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The ruling Democratic Party and the government agreed Monday to seek the dispatch of special envoys to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Algeria to secure crude oil as the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route, is effectively closed amid the US-Israeli war with Iran.
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[2026-04-06 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing hardball with their most loyal fans, and this time, the boys in blue are looking more like corporate bullies.
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[2026-04-06 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military on Monday kicked off its monthslong annual defense drills in coordination with government, police and firefighting agencies in a bid to enhance an integrated defense posture across regions.
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[2026-04-06 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the government agreed Monday to seek the dispatch of special envoys to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Algeria to secure crude oil as the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route, is effectively closed amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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[2026-04-06 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Dozens of universities, schools and research facilities in Iran have been damaged by US-Israeli air attacks, a government spokesperson said.
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[2026-04-06 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Higher airfares and fierce regional competition may blunt impact of new policy, analysts say
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