Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-31 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russian tourist Savitskiy Andrey, yesterday (29) told the Daily News at the ‘Sun Siyam’ Hotel in Pasikudah that despite the disruption to air services due to the ongoing tense situation in the Middle East, he was extremely happy to have the opportunity to visit Sri Lanka. Here, Andrey was tasting a traditional “Belimal” drink with a piece of Kithul hakuru during the “Cultural Show” organized at the hotel premises to educate foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka about the cultural identity
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[2026-03-31 00:41 UTC+10:00] [US government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It suspended the Netzah Yehuda, a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers that has been linked to abuses of Palestinian civilians in the past
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[2026-03-31 00:29 UTC+10:00] [JD Vance] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Vice-president promises ‘to get to the bottom of’ reports of US government files about unidentified flying objects
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[2026-03-31 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Spain has closed its airspace to planes of the United States involved in the US-Israel war on Iran, the latest step in the country’s opposition to the conflict.
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[2026-03-31 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Newly-elected Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah has launched an anti-corruption clampdown just days after being sworn in as the Himalayan country’s head of government.
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[2026-03-31 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: House lawmakers are reportedly balking at one provision in the bipartisan Senate housing bill — and they’re completely right: Penalizing “build to rent” projects would only shrink the new-homes market.
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[2026-03-31 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ruled out deploying troops to Iran, saying the UK is "not going to get dragged into this war.”
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[2026-03-31 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Around 83,000 passengers benefited from the free jeepney rides launched by the Manila City government on its first day of operations.
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[2026-03-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Global energy giant Shell is cautioning Australia against taxing gas exporters’ windfall profits, declaring it would destabilise vital trade ties with Asian partners and make it harder for the government to secure increasingly scarce deliveries of petrol, diesel and jet fuel from the region.
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[2026-03-30 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has been in “serious” discussions with a “new and more reasonable” Iranian government, President Donald Trump has claimed. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he also threatened to obliterate Iran’s critical energy infrastructure if no deal is “shortly reached.”
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[2026-03-30 23:39 UTC+10:00] [Kuomintang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The trip signals Washington’s frustration with budget impasse, but analysts say real power over Taiwan policy rests with the White House
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[2026-03-30 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Flowers and other plants bloom in front of the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, file)
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[2026-03-30 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Leon Tong Ying-kit] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The amendments clarify ambiguities, close loopholes and are neither more intrusive nor less lawful than comparable legislation elsewhere
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[2026-03-30 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain’s Defense Minister Margarita Robles waits for the start of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Omar Havana, file)
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[2026-03-30 22:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The ruling and main opposition parties said Monday they agreed to pass a 25 trillion-won ($16.5 billion) extra budget bill proposed by the government by April 10.
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[2026-03-30 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have persuaded Donald Trump that a war on Iran would unfold much like the pager attack in Lebanon 18 months ago.
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[2026-03-30 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday.
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[2026-03-30 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has ordered a British diplomat to leave the country within two weeks over allegations of economic espionage, which the United Kingdom rejected as “unacceptable” amid tensions over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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[2026-03-30 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences
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[2026-03-30 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A new government-imposed curfew in Egypt is raising concerns among business owners, as authorities move to cut soaring energy costs linked to regional instability.
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[2026-03-30 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ao menos 24 cepas de vírus foram transportadas sem autorização de um laboratório de alta segurança na Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) em fevereiro, aponta investigação da Polícia Federal (PF).
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[2026-03-30 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday.
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[2026-03-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A group of lawyers on Monday said they will file an impeachment complaint before the House of Representatives against Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia and six commissioners, citing alleged violations of election laws and betrayal of public trust.
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[2026-03-30 21:23 UTC+10:00] [Min Aung Hlaing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Min Aung Hlaing has ruled Myanmar since 2021 when he ordered a coup toppling the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi
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[2026-03-30 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ghana’s former president Nana Akufo-Addo will head the ECOWAS mission to oversee Benin’s presidential election, the Economic Community of West African States has confirmed.
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[2026-03-30 21:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's energy minister sought Monday to ease fears over shortages of plastic rubbish bags after sales in Seoul jumped nearly fivefold due to energy supply concerns sparked by the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-30 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Matthew Absalom-Wong
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[2026-03-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman is accusing foe Gov. Kathy Hochul of being in cahoots with the ride-sharing app Uber in a pay-to-play scheme to get her re-elected.
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[2026-03-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ALBANY – New York’s baffling laws restricting the sale of pepper spray would be loosened under a bipartisan measure being pushed by pols in Albany.
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[2026-03-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: “In the early ’60s, I was Premier Askin’s (C8) afternoon paperboy after school in Manly,” writes Jim Rogers of Byron Bay. “He insisted it be delivered to his door step. If home, he’d open the door for a chat after I blew the whistle and give me a coin. Once, around Christmas, he gave me the massive sum of 10 shillings to buy my mum a present.
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[2026-03-30 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In the shadow of the ongoing United States-Israel war on Iran, the deserts of Iraq have transformed into a staging ground for a secondary conflict. Drones and missiles launched by Iran-aligned armed groups routinely tear through the night sky towards the Arabian Peninsula, turning Iraqi soil into a launchpad while the government in Baghdad struggles to intervene.
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[2026-03-30 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has posted a video of himself with a red cap reminiscent of that of the 'Make America Great Again' movement, seen by many as a dig at Donald Trump at a time when tensions between the US and Spain are higher than ever.
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[2026-03-30 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japanese lawmaker Keiji Furuya is interviewed at the parliament in Tokyo, on March 18, 2026. (Ren Onuma/Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-03-30 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the military will seize additional territory in southern Lebanon and expand the so-called “buffer zone”.
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[2026-03-30 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Myanmar’s Lower House Speaker Khin Yi arrives to attend a session at the Lower House of Parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
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[2026-03-30 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the military will seize additional territory in southern Lebanon and expand the so-called “buffer zone”.
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[2026-03-30 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A nationwide recall has been issued for two chocolate products after they were found to contain undeclared prescription drug ingredients, federal health officials warn.
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[2026-03-30 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved an increase in electricity tariffs, which will come into effect from April 1.
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[2026-03-30 19:46 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Queensland premier said he still wants to see a national dashboard to current information on Australia’s fuel supply established, despite it not being taken up at national cabinet on Monday.
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[2026-03-30 19:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: In Seoul’s Gangnam-gu, amid glass towers and the global pulse of K-pop, a 3.5-kilometer boulevard named Tehran-ro runs through the city’s economic core. More than a hub for technology firms and financial institutions, its name reflects a moment when Korea and Iran, both undergoing economic transformation, chose cooperation over distance.
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[2026-03-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The experiment is over. Lindfield Learning Village – once sold as Sydney’s public school of the future, with no uniforms, report cards or bells – is undergoing a major rebrand.
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[2026-03-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Anthony Albanese’s decision to halve the fuel excise for the next three months is economically irresponsible, damaging to the budget bottom line and will put significant pressure on interest rates.
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[2026-03-30 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain on Monday summoned Israel's top envoy to Madrid in protest over Israeli police blocking the Latin Patriarch from Christianity's holiest site in Jerusalem, the foreign minister said.
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[2026-03-30 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-03-30 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Ministers from the G7 will hold talks on Monday to unpack the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East, the French government said, as oil and gas prices continue to soar.
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[2026-03-30 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
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[2026-03-30 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Provincial Government of Misamis Occidental is rolling out strengthened agricultural and fisheries initiatives, aimed at improving productivity, expanding livelihood opportunities, and ensuring food security for farmers and fisherfolk across the province.
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[2026-03-30 18:24 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The police watchdog has referred a complaint to NSW Police after a pro-Palestine protester was arrested by tactical officers and her door allegedly smashed in, on what her lawyer argues are relatively minor offences.
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[2026-03-30 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SCU successfully hosted the launch of its MSc Artificial Intelligence and MSc Software Engineering and Applications programs, awarded by the University of Bedfordshire, UK on 17th March 2026 at NH Collection Colombo. The event marked a significant milestone in expanding internationally recognized postgraduate education in Sri Lanka, attracting a strong presence of industry leaders, academics, and technology professionals.
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[2026-03-30 18:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Canberra/Washington: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for more clarity from Donald Trump about his aims for the war in Iran, as the US president muses on the possibility of seizing the regime’s oil supplies.
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