Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-04 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Manushya Puththraya, also known as Marcan Jesus: Passion Play, is a powerful theatrical production written by Wijith Rohan Fernando. Rooted in the Gospel of Mark, the play reimagines the life, mission, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ through a socio-political lens. Rather than presenting Jesus merely as a divine or religious figure, the production foregrounds him as a radical reformer who challenged oppressive systems.
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[2026-04-04 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistanis faced record fuel price increases Friday, as petrol and diesel prices rose by up to 54% driven by the war in the Middle East that has caused global oil prices to surge.
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[2026-04-04 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Lumbini College, Colombo produced a superb second-half fight back to defeat Dharmaraja College, Kandy 17-10 and clinch the Prime Minister’s Trophy in the Dialog Schools Under-19 Knockout Rugby Tournament 2026 final played at the Royal Sports Complex in Colombo yesterday, after trailing 7-10 at half time.
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[2026-04-04 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov highlighted a brewing crisis within the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union during a meeting with Nurlan Yermekbayev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
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[2026-04-04 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A solo exhibition by emerging Sri Lankan artist Ponnaiyah Peter titled Mayfly will be on view from 3–25 April 2026, open Monday to Saturday from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the Barefoot Gallery, Colombo 4.
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[2026-04-04 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Even a person born into a poor ordinary family would rise to a high position in life if his Lagnadhipati (lord of the Ascendant), is posited in the Lagna, in a quadrant (Kendra) or a trine (Moolatrikona) or in the 11th House and is aspected by benefics.
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[2026-04-04 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Devotees from the Wattala – Wellapalliya parish participated in a barefoot procession carrying a cross, commemorating Jesus Christ’s suffering, braving the heat. The procession began at the Dikowita St.Anthony’s Church and ended at the Palliyawatta St.Carmel’s Church covering over three kilometres.Don Bosco Salesian priests, including Provincial Superior Very Rev. Fr.Roshan Miranda led meditations during the procession.
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[2026-04-04 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “Iran has consistently emphasised its commitment to the principles of freedom of navigation and maritime security. However, Iran also underscores that such freedoms must be exercised with full respect for its sovereignty and sovereign rights as a coastal state”, said Iranian Ambassador in Colombo Alireza Delkhosh.
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[2026-04-04 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “Chuck Norris” Most of the kids and youngsters in Sri Lanka, who were kids at the beginning of the 80s, jokingly called him “Chuck Notharis” ( The Sinhala meaning of “Notharis” is “Notary Public😊”.) But his real name is Carlos Ray Norris. He was born on March 10, 1940 in Ryan, a beautiful village in Oklahoma, USA .
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[2026-04-04 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: We have already discussed the main lines and the secondary lines in the hand in some detail. There are signs in the hand which are no less important than the lines.
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[2026-04-04 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed Ryan van Niekerk as National Bowling Coach and Jordan Gregory as National Fielding and Spin Bowling Coach. Both will oversee their respective areas across all national teams.
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[2026-04-04 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Cuba will free 2,010 prisoners as part of a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture,” it announced on Thursday, as it faces continued political pressure from the US.
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[2026-04-04 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that ensuring a continuous supply of fertiliser to the farming community, in the face of the ongoing conflict situation in the Middle East, is a primary objective of the Government. The President also instructed officials to streamline the existing fertiliser distribution mechanism and to explore alternative measures, taking into account the challenges currently affecting fertiliser imports.
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[2026-04-04 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A discussion on water management was held at the Presidential Secretariat with the participation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Thursday (2), in view of prevailing weather and climate variations, the potential onset of El Nino conditions and the commencement of paddy cultivation for the Yala season.
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[2026-04-04 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A group of Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) members, including its Leader Mano Ganesan, met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday.
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[2026-04-04 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a symbolic gesture of goodwill and strengthened bilateral ties, Dr.Saman Weerasinghe presented the Order of Friendship Medal to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a courtesy call at the Presidential Secretariat.
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[2026-04-04 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and party leaders in preparation for the upcoming IMF Fifth and Sixth Review Mission scheduled from March 26 to April 8.
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[2026-04-04 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Mahanama College Colombo scored 244 runs for 9 wickets in 80 overs at close on day two against defending joint champion Royal College Colombo in the quarter final of the under 19 Division One tier ‘A’ inter schools Cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket at DHH Cricket ground Madampella Katana yesterday.
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[2026-04-04 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Lyceum International School Wattala advanced to the final of the Under 19 division Two Tier ‘A’ inter schools two day cricket tournament by beating Kingswood College Kandy by 205 runs in the semi final played at Aarons Country club ground Bulathsinhala yesterday.
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[2026-04-04 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: They’ve never known their parents, and they’ve never known Gaza, born prematurely two years ago and evacuated to Egypt as Israeli Forces drew dangerously close to their neonatal care unit. That changed on Monday, when the 11 children, now toddlers, reunited with their families in Gaza as part of a U.N.-organised mission that brought tears of joy and celebration, as well as a close to one of the war’s most painful chapters.
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[2026-04-04 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Eleventh round of Bilateral Political Consultations between Sri Lanka and Russia was convened at the Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Ministry in Colombo on Thursday (2). Both sides reviewed the broad spectrum of relations between the two countries and discussed future measures to enhance the scope and depth of the relationship.
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[2026-04-04 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The launch of the country’s first set of national guidelines on the use of oxygen in government hospitals was held recently under the patronage of Health and Mass Media Miister Dr.Nalinda Jayatissa.
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[2026-04-04 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A foreign passenger who was carrying a consignment of ‘Kush’ worth Rs. 217.79 million and was taking them out of the Katunayake Airport was arrested by the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau officers in the early hours of yesterday (3) morning.
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[2026-04-04 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Excise Department has reported a growth of over 60 percent in revenue over the past three years, and the main reason for this growth in income is the optimal tax revenue generated by affixing security stickers on liquor bottles, the Excise Department said.
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[2026-04-04 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As widely expected, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) announced an electricity fare hike from April 1. This was inevitable due to several factors, including the prolonged drought, higher prices for Diesel and Naptha needed for thermal power generation and the lack of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to store excess solar energy.
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[2026-04-04 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-04 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United States federal judge has once again batted down a pair of subpoenas from the administration of President Donald Trump seeking information about Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank.
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[2026-04-04 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Punjab Kings’ Priyansh Arya bowled out by Chennai Super Kings’ Matt Henry during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings in Chennai, India, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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[2026-04-04 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Josh Axelrod is a reporter who covers extremism, technology, politics and climate change.
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[2026-04-04 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol agents continued making illegal stops and arrests after she ordered them to quit.
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[2026-04-04 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni began a surprise visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday as part of a Gulf tour to boost "national energy security", a government source said, as the war on Iran rages.
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[2026-04-04 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Los Angeles’ top federal prosecutor has blown the whistle on “hundreds of billions” of alleged fraud taking place in California under Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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[2026-04-04 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ukraine said a Russian missile and drone strike hit the Zhytomyr region, northwest of Kyiv, on Friday, killing one person and injuring 10 as emergency crews searched through rubble and damaged neighbourhoods. Local authorities reported that 18 houses were destroyed, while about 100 residential buildings and 55 public or administrative buildings were damaged in the attack, which came as part of a wider wave of strikes across the country.
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[2026-04-04 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Reality TV star Spencer Pratt is becoming a real player in Los Angeles politics, rocketing into second place in the latest mayor’s race poll and scrambling what was already shaping up to be a volatile election.
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[2026-04-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-04 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Trump administration reversed decades of immigration policy last summer when it determined that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must lock up everyone facing deportation, even if they’ve lived in the country for decades and have no criminal record.
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[2026-04-04 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Get your political popcorn ready!
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[2026-04-04 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Journalist Bhakthi Dharmapriya Mendis has passed away while receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of the National Hospital in Colombo following a serious road accident. He was 47 years old at the time of his death.
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[2026-04-04 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Cambodia’s National Assembly has approved its first law targeting scam centres accused of defrauding foreigners of billions of dollars amid rising pressure to curb these illicit operations.
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[2026-04-04 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Meta’s Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
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[2026-04-04 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The attack has left local residents, first responders and families of the victims in a state of shock, fear and trauma, especially amid persistent threats of further strikes and escalation. Hospitals and emergency services in and around the Tehran–Karaj corridor have faced a sudden influx of wounded people, placing additional strain on an already overstretched health‑care system.
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[2026-04-04 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Republican committee chairmen blasted a top Democratic fundraising official after an explosive New York Times report indicated she misled them about ActBlue’s safeguards against foreign donations illegally being funneled into US elections.
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[2026-04-04 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is on a visit to the Gulf, where she will meet the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to discuss the European nation's energy security, an Italian government official said.
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[2026-04-04 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-04-04 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-04-04 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Democratic Party's premier fundraising machine is in serious legal jeopardy, and the new man running the Justice Department just made clear he intends to do something about it.
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[2026-04-04 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Special Education Lead Teacher Anne Anderson helps student Jason Washington, 6, count the days of the month at Samuel J. Green Charter School in Uptown New Orleans on Jan. 29, 2026. (Christiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight Local/Report for America via AP)
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[2026-04-04 03:53 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenBat Yam, IsraelPeople grieve during a funeral for Staff Sgt Maxim Antis, who died in battle in southern Lebanon. Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz said this week that Israel will occupy swathes of south Lebanon and destroy homes along the border to prevent the return of about 600,000 residents, prompting concerns about long-term forced displacementPhotograph: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenJerusalemPolice carry a demonstrator away from a protest against the decision by Israel’s parliament to approve the
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