Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-02 13:44 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Moira Deeming has been given a clear run to retain her upper house seat following another chaotic day of internal machinations within the Victorian Liberal Party.
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[2026-04-02 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday that original objectives of the war on Iran had been met, adding that it was not clear what more needs to be achieved.
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[2026-04-02 13:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-04-02 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 13:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced a plan Wednesday to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, moving past a split between the two Republican leaders that resulted in Congress leaving Washington last week without a fix to a record-setting partial government shutdown.
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[2026-04-02 13:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than 4.4 trillion won ($2.9 billion) in foreign capital has flowed into South Korea's bond market this week, financial authorities said Thursday, as the country began its phased inclusion in a key global government bond index managed by FTSE Russell.
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[2026-04-02 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump made a historic visit to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to attend arguments over the legality of a policy he considers crucial to his hard-line approach toward immigration -- a directive he signed last year on his first day back in office that would limit birthright citizenship.
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[2026-04-02 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Petrol taxes will be cut further, delivering a saving of up to 6 cents a litre, after the states and territories finally agreed on a change to the impact of the GST on unleaded and diesel.
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[2026-04-02 12:08 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's speech to be given at the National Press Club.
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[2026-04-02 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Pasig City government has processed more than 1,000 traditional and modern public utility jeepney drivers who were left out of the initial distribution of the national government’s cash relief assistance.
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[2026-04-02 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-02 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A murder suspect who was accidentally released from a California jail last year is back in custody after a dramatic multi-state manhunt that ended with his arrest in St. Louis, federal authorities said.Isaiah Jamon Andrews, 20, had been locked up at the Martinez Detention Facility in Contra Costa County while awaiting extradition to Washington state in connection with a deadly shooting in Seattle.
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[2026-04-02 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrats are fretting about the race to replace term-limited California Gov. Gavin Newsom — with a field so crowded that the two Republican candidates could lock Dems out of the general election in an overwhelmingly blue state.
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[2026-04-02 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.2 percent in March from a year earlier, mainly due to a hike in global oil prices caused by prolonged tensions in the Middle East, government data showed Thursday.
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[2026-04-02 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio greets Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramon de la Fuente, right, Mexican Foreign Ministry Unit Chief for North America Roberto Velasco, center, and U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson, left, at Felipe Angeles International Airport in Zumpango, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-04-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [F-2] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Ottawa’s interest in the stealth fighter, Tokyo hopes the multinational project for its air force’s modernisation can regain momentum
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[2026-04-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has criticised the prime minister for not addressing Labor MP Peta Murphy's landmark 2023 report. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
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[2026-04-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump (left), Australia's Anthony Albanese (centre) and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) addressed their nations on Wednesday as the Middle East war drives global fuel disruptions. Source: SBS News
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[2026-04-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Liberal Leader Angus Taylor Source: AAP / Dan Himbrechts
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[2026-04-02 10:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hong Joon-pyo, a conservative firebrand who served as mayor of Daegu until April last year, has publicly expressed support for liberal candidate Kim Boo-kyum in the June mayoral election, in a rare cross-party endorsement.
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[2026-04-02 10:45 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Talks, convened by the UK, will examine ‘all viable diplomatic and political measures’ to get critical waterway open
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[2026-04-02 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A technical team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrived in Cuba to launch an “independent investigation” into a deadly shootout between local border patrol officers and a Florida-tagged speedboat.
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[2026-04-02 10:16 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia’s obsequiousness to Trump’s America has gone way beyond the national interest
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[2026-04-02 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A machete-wielding MS-13 executioner known as “the witch” who was wanted for a brtual gang murder in his home country of El Salvador was captured by federal immigration agents in San Diego.
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[2026-04-02 10:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-04-02 09:55 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
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[2026-04-02 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland will not relocate its American-made Patriot air defense missile systems to the Middle East to help the US intercept attacks from Iran, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said.
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[2026-04-02 09:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Somalia’s government said it has limited control over fuel prices as imports are handled by private companies in a largely liberalised market.
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[2026-04-02 08:52 UTC+10:00] [Western Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jayson Joseph Michaels allegedly planned attack on police headquarters, Parliament House and mosques
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[2026-04-02 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-04-02 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Paris has lashed out at right-wing mayors who have stripped European Union flags from town halls following their election wins. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has condemned the acts as a “betrayal,” framing them as an erosion of freedom and democracy.
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[2026-04-02 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There are now just two months until the Los Angeles mayoral election slated for June 2. The candidates are in full campaign-mode as they attempt to sway voters in what appears to be a crowded field of 14 contenders, including incumbent Karen Bass, who is seeking to keep her job.
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[2026-04-02 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man who helped stage a cross burning which he says was intended to help elect the first Black mayor of Colorado Springs was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nearly four years in prison.
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[2026-04-02 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former congressman David Rivera arrives at the James Lawrence King Federal Building on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)
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[2026-04-02 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-02 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A federal judge in Tyler dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that sought to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status, dealing a blow to the Trump administration and other conservatives who have worked to eliminate the decades-old law barring nonprofits from supporting political office seekers.
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[2026-04-02 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Visiting Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko yesterday expressed hope that Sri Lanka and Russia would be able to arrive at an arrangement towards long-term energy supplies from his country.
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[2026-04-02 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-02 07:05 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Opposition leader calls for the prime minister to give more details about the fuel crisis
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[2026-04-02 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A new national platform aimed at reshaping the role of business in Sri Lanka’s development and to inspire the national and reimaging businesses for national progress was officially launched, with industry leaders positioning it as a catalyst for building resilient, purpose-driven, and globally competitive brands.
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[2026-04-02 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China and Pakistan put forward five proposals on restoring peace and stability in the Gulf region and the Middle East during talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Beijing on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-02 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The final six nations have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, completing the expanded 48‑team line‑up for this summer’s tournament.
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[2026-04-02 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The National Packaging Centre (NPC) of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) recently conducted an awareness workshop on “Packaging strategies for Spices” for exporters and potential exporters, with the aim of enhancing their knowledge on packaging solutions that meet both local and international market standards. Over 65 exporters and potential exporters participated in the workshop held on 19th 2026 at EDB.
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[2026-04-02 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday recovered over 300 kilogrammes of heroin worth over Rs. 6 billion from a multi-day fishing trawler that was intercepted and escorted to the Dikowita Fisheries Harbour.
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[2026-04-02 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Russian military plane has crashed in the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, killing 29 people on board, the Russian Defence Ministry has said.
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[2026-04-02 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Sri Lanka cricketer Avishka Gunawardena has resigned from his role as National Under-19 coach at Sri Lanka Cricket’s High Performance Centre, following a recent change to his coaching assignment.However, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has yet to officially announce a replacement or comment on Gunawardena’s resignation.
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[2026-04-02 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: According to the results of the 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination released yesterday, 62.64 percent or 176,527 candidates have qualified for university entrance, Examinations Commissioner General Subhashini Liyanage said.
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[2026-04-02 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Lankem Ceylon PLC has unveiled ‘Mada Raja’, Sri Lanka’s first locally manufactured Single Super Phosphate (SSP) fertiliser, marking a significant milestone in strengthening national agricultural self-sufficiency and reducing reliance on imported fertilisers.
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[2026-04-02 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made clear Wednesday that the West’s response to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz will be heavy on diplomacy — and light on hard power — a stance already frustrating President Trump as the US looks for partners to help secure the global shipping lane.
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