Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-01 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Businessman Saud al-Faraj has been executed in Saudi Arabia over his participation in anti-government protests in 2011.
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[2026-04-01 23:23 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-04-01 23:17 UTC+10:00] [Kuomintang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Arriving in Shanghai on April 7 for six-day trip, Cheng will travel to Nanjing by train to pay respects at Sun Yat-sen’s mausoleum, KMT says
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[2026-04-01 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jimmie Akesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats Party and Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party arrive for a press conference regarding the formation of the government, at the Parliament in Stockholm, on Oct. 14, 2022. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)
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[2026-04-01 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chelsea players react disappointed after the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Chelsea in Liverpool, England, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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[2026-04-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mangione’s request for postponement relates to his New York state case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
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[2026-04-01 22:59 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Illustration: Simon Letch
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[2026-04-01 22:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Monique Westermann
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[2026-04-01 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney generated considerable international praise for his 20 January speech at Davos. He called for intermediate powers such as Canada to work together to build a new world order based on values like respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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[2026-04-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Anthony Albanese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister will tell National Press Club the country was vulnerable before the crisis and must be better prepared for future shocks
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[2026-04-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to go about the Easter weekend as normal, but warned about grim times ahead and tougher measures to conserve fuel in a rare address to the nation designed to prepare the public for a prolonged economic shock caused by the war in Iran.
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[2026-04-01 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said while Israel’s “enemies” can still fire at it, they do not pose an “existential threat”.
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[2026-04-01 22:10 UTC+10:00] [US supreme court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court case will weigh the constitutionality of his contentious bid to end birthright citizenship
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[2026-04-01 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ricky Brinkley, a 65-year-old Democrat, is a retired truck driver working in his daughter’s beauty supply store in Nashville, N.C., March 11, 2026. Brinkley says he votes in every presidential election but not all midterms — and never hears directly from candidates for high office. Voters like Brinkley will be critical to Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper’s campaign this fall.
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[2026-04-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Nanjing Museum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Cultural Heritage Administration mandates piece-by-piece counts after historic illegal artefact sales exposed at top museum
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[2026-04-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Justices could decide this summer the constitutionality of Trump’s order. The 14th Amendment and federal law are widely understood to make citizens of everyone born in the country, with narrow exceptions.
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[2026-04-01 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Democratic Party’s growing antisemitic wing is out to blacklist support for Israel, or at least the nation’s main pro-Israel lobbying and political action group, AIPAC.
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[2026-04-01 21:18 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A West Australian man accused of plotting a “mass casualty” terror attack on the state’s parliament, police headquarters and Perth mosques detailed his alleged plan to make weapons and armour in a diary, in which he wrote that he was addicted to a website called Watch People Die.
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[2026-04-01 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he shared Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's position on the need to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, speaking alongside her in Tokyo.
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[2026-04-01 21:13 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawmakers want Indonesia to pressure Israel for answers and urge Jakarta to rethink its Lebanon and Gaza peacekeeping mission
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[2026-04-01 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Nato "the single most effective military alliance the world has ever seen" on Wednesday, following renewed criticism of the group by US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-01 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: January feels an age away for Iranians. The dangers of the authorities’ crackdown on anti-government protests have been replaced with a month of incessant US and Israeli strikes and the threat of a looming ground invasion.
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[2026-04-01 20:33 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The prime minister’s decision to speak to the country could undermine what he was trying to convey, that everything is in hand and there is no need to panic
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[2026-04-01 20:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Keir Starmer is speaking now.
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[2026-04-01 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned the economic shocks of the war in the Middle East would be felt for months and encouraged citizens to take public transport in a rare address to the nation on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-01 20:10 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bipartisan panel argues sanctions have concentrated discounted oil in Beijing's hands – charges the Chinese government denies
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[2026-04-01 20:05 UTC+10:00] [Min Aung Hlaing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Min Aung Hlaing, who has resigned from the armed forces, is set to get approval from the military-allied parliament to become president
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[2026-04-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Chen Lin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland China spokeswoman says Communist Party ‘martyrs’ who died decades ago inspire towards ‘complete reunification’
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[2026-04-01 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The prime minister's address came with a reassuring message and a warning shot. (Supplied)
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[2026-04-01 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than three million officials in India have begun the world’s largest national population count, in a yearlong process that could reshape welfare programmes and political representation across the country.
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[2026-04-01 19:45 UTC+10:00] [wrongdoing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government says Anwar has committed to releasing the findings once related investigations are completed
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[2026-04-01 19:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Culture Minister takes the stage as expanded program brings cultural perks to every Wednesday starting April
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[2026-04-01 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday said the Philippines would be “committing suicide” if the government entered into oil and gas explorations in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with China, given its definition of joint development which completely goes against the Constitution.
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[2026-04-01 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For all its structural challenges, China offers something the West no longer seems to: policy continuity and a sense of stability
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[2026-04-01 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When Fiona Wright began writing her first novel, the satire Kill Your Boomers, she never thought housing affordability would be central to mainstream political conversation.
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[2026-04-01 19:29 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For hours, the country had held its breath.
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[2026-04-01 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed direct contact with United States President Donald Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff amid the ongoing war, but downplayed talks of negotiations in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-04-01 19:01 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister urges Australians to consider taking public transport and to conserve fuel for ‘critical industry’ and others
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[2026-04-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-01 18:58 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A controversial ban that has left West Australian fish eaters without their favourite fillets was politically motivated, unreasonable and not based on science, a court has been told.
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[2026-04-01 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: January feels an age away for Iranians. The dangers of the authorities’ crackdown on anti-government protests have been replaced with a month of incessant US and Israeli strikes and the threat of a looming ground invasion.
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[2026-04-01 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Malaysia has several ships waiting in a queue to transit the Strait of Hormuz, and they have been allowed to pass without having to pay any tolls to Iran, a spokesperson for the government said on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-01 18:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's sports minister has sent a message of condolence over the death of Chang Ung, North Korea's long-serving former member of the International Olympic Committee, the ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-01 18:38 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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[2026-04-01 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's government said Tuesday it expected the Middle East war to contribute to a bumper tourist season, but warned that the crisis could also drag down a key driver for the Spanish economy.
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[2026-04-01 18:08 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Premier Chris Minns has urged travellers not to cancel Easter holiday plans because of fuel anxieties, saying supply should be available as price cuts began to flow through to the bowser.
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[2026-04-01 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said Tehran does not have to make a deal for him to end the war, adding that the conflict could end in two to three weeks, but Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he has no faith in talks with Washington.
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