Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-05 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to supporters during the Workers’ Party convention, where he was confirmed as the party’s presidential candidate for the next election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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[2026-08-05 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by James Thorne via RealClearPolitics.com,
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[2026-08-05 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-05 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the transfer of approximately NIS 270 million to haredi (ultra-Orthodox) education institutions amid the Knesset’s recess ahead of the election.
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[2026-08-05 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party, is under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog over whether he should have prefaced his remarks in a House of Commons debate on pro-Israel influence by noting that he had visited the country as a guest of a pro-Israel group.
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[2026-08-05 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning to end unconditional US military aid to Israel as he faces Rep. Haley Stevens, backed by the Democratic establishment and pro-Israel groups. In Missouri, former Rep. Cori Bush is seeking a political comeback against Rep. Wesley Bell, who unseated her two years ago with significant support from AIPAC.
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[2026-08-05 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said that new data centres in the state will have to comply with regulations before building begins.
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[2026-08-05 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mississippi’s foster care system continues to endanger children under its care at higher rates than a federal court order permits, according to a new report for a federal lawsuit the state seeks to dismiss.
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[2026-08-05 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Signs are displayed outside a polling place, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-08-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie attended the recent national swimming championships as a guest of Australia’s richest woman, and has emerged as the Crisafulli LNP’s key conduit to the billionaire conservative political and sporting patron.
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[2026-08-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It was legendary journalist Alan Reid who coined the term “faceless men” to describe the 36 operatives who controlled the Australian Labor Party in 1963. Kevin Rudd then reintroduced the term to popular culture to label little-known powerbrokers plotting to dump him as prime minister.
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[2026-08-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 5, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-08-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Manly Sea Eagles allegedly failed to follow its own heat policy, or turn on the fans in its dojo, during the training session in which promising player Keith Titmuss died, explosive court documents have revealed.
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[2026-08-05 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it has sent federal monitors to polls in four Democratic-leaning cities in Michigan, amid warnings that the administration of United States President Donald Trump could use such monitors for partisan aims.
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[2026-08-05 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) approved including a sworn declaration on conflict of interest in certificates of candidacy (CoC).
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[2026-08-05 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-05 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Fifa] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jordan FA president says Fifa threatened to block funds
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[2026-08-05 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Joseph McCarthy was right about everything. Communist movements have been playing the long game from inside western nations, exploiting the liberal freedoms westerners enjoy as a backdoor to sabotage free market choice and constitutional checks and balances from within. The players might have changed over the decades, but the ideological goals remain the same.
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[2026-08-05 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israeli forces will not withdraw from their current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed.
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[2026-08-05 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Karen Bick has spent the days leading up to Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary fielding calls from Jewish friends urging her to vote for US Rep. Haley Stevens.
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[2026-08-05 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ramat Gan Deputy Mayor and head of the Diamond Exchange District Administration, Israel Zari, joined Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party on Tuesday, the party announced, marking him as the latest public official to join the former IDF chief's list.
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[2026-08-05 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As Israel gears up to hold elections in October, a dramatic surge in settlement activity has heightened concerns that the settler movement is stepping up efforts to cement its grip on the occupied West Bank, in stark defiance of international law.
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[2026-08-05 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Apple went to a federal judge on Monday with a sweeping demand in its case against OpenAI - in which two former Apple employees stand accused of funneling confidential information to the ChatGPT maker.
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[2026-08-05 03:59 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Opposition parties say nationwide protests that forced resignation of education secretary are beginning to dent BJP support
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[2026-08-05 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Katie Glueck and Tim Balk
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[2026-08-05 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Constantin von Hoffmeister, a political and cultural commentator from Germany, author of the book The Fate of White America and director of Multipolar Press
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[2026-08-05 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, left, speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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[2026-08-05 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Indian vessel sank near Yemeni waters after being struck by an unknown projectile on Tuesday, according to India’s Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal.
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[2026-08-05 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Newly elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino, of Switzerland, right, is congratulated by fellow candidate Prince Ali Al-Hussein, of Jordan, left, after the second election round during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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[2026-08-05 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Deborah Mlongo Barasa, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry in Kenya, speaks during the launch of the National Carbon Registry in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Henry Naminde, File)
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[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Palestine Action Canada and the Arms Embargo Now coalition have announced a coordinated, coast-to-coast “Day of Action” scheduled for August 13, calling on activists to mobilize outside the facilities of Canadian companies that supply components to defense contractor Elbit Systems.
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[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered Justice Minister Yariv Levin to clarify whether he intends to advance senior appointments to the Police Investigation Department (PID) before the October 27 election.
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[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday pushed for the passage of Senate Bill 2090, which seeks to repeal Republic Act 7941 or the Party-list System Act.
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[2026-08-05 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A new report by a top Democrat in the United States Senate presents evidence that Wall Street banks “looked the other way” when it came to the behaviour of disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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[2026-08-05 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An East Hollywood man is headed to federal prison for a year and a day after collecting more than $64,000 in wildfire disaster relief on a Pacific Palisades home he had no connection to whatsoever.
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[2026-08-05 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yashar Party chairman Gadi Eisenkot called on Police Commissioner Insp.-Gen. Danny Levi to order an immediate investigation into the assault of a 76-year-old party activist who remains hospitalized after undergoing neurological surgery.
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[2026-08-05 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan needs to adapt to new methods of warfare like using artificial intelligence and drones that have been deployed in Ukraine and the Middle East and to strengthen its defense industry, the government said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-05 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama have both mentioned the use of a repo facility in the coordinated yen intervention. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Nikkei)
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[2026-08-05 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan is looking to speed up decision-making while integrating operations, considering options that include using multiple U.S.-made AI systems overseen by a domestic one. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kyodo)
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[2026-08-05 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: India has denied any role in organising a virtual speech by former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to mark the second anniversary of the uprising that ousted her.
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[2026-08-05 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota Motor increased its U.S. sales volume for the April-June quarter while GM and Ford declined. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-08-05 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The scenes from the Ceuta invasion were deeply alarming, as 60,000 predominantly military-aged men, many carrying no supplies, crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave. The invasion set off alarm bells across the West, reinforcing concerns that uncontrolled mass migration poses a major national security risk.
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[2026-08-05 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE's Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum have started supplying natural gas to a federal Iraqi power plant, bolstering electricity generation as the US-Iran war disrupts the country's energy sector.
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[2026-08-05 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ireland's new government jet, which cost the republic €53m, was purchased without FalconEye, a technology co-developed by Dassault Falcon and Israeli defense giant Elbit Systems, that is essential for the aircraft to land in foggy weather, local media reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-05 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan needs to boost its military with a “sense of urgency and crisis,” its defense chief said on Tuesday, as a new government assessment again highlighted growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.
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[2026-08-05 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Overnight on Monday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian towns again, torching cars and spraying graffiti in the villages of Talfit and Jalud.
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