Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Defending champions Isipathana College produced a powerful second half performance to defeat St Joseph’s College by22 points (two goals, one try, one penalty) to 10 (one goal, one penalty) in their Dialog President’s Trophy Schools Under-19 Knockout Rugby Tournament quarter-final played at the Royal Sports Complex on Sunday.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Serendib Flour Mills, dedicated to nourishing the nation, celebrated International Women’s Day 2026 by organising a special programme for the women of the organisation, recognising the valuable contribution of both its employees and third-party female support staff.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A message currently circulating on social media, purportedly issued by the Sri Lanka Police under the headline ‘Be vigilant’ is false, the Police Media Division said yesterday.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Based on intelligence received by the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, a search operation was conducted at Kirinda, Amaduwa area in coordination with officers of the Police Special Task Force, Katharagama. During the operation, a suspect was arrested while transporting 1.06 kg of local Cannabis and 500g of Cannabis seeds on Sunday (22).
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A group of officers from the Airport Customs and the Customs Narcotics Division arrested five passengers both local and foreign who were attempting to smuggle into the country a consignment of foreign-made cigarettes, medicines and perfumes worth over Rs. 16 million.
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[2026-03-24 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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[2026-03-24 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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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: With the rapid decline in the price of gold in the world market due to the prevailing war situation in the Middle East region, there has been a significant decrease in the price of gold in the local market as well.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices dropped by over 13 percent yesterday (23) after an announcement by US President Donald Trump that he would instruct the military to delay any strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: EDIRISINGHE – NIHAL – At Rest with Jesus. Loving husband of Jacqueline (nee Reid), darling Dada of Nigel (Emirates Engineering BIA), son of late Victor and Ethel, son-in-law of late George and Virginia Reid. Remains lie at A.F. Raymond Parlour from 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday 25th March. Service on the same day at 4.00 p.m.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sulakshana Udawatte of St. Mary’s College Kegalle scored a fine knock of 130 with 14 fours and 3 sixes while Kegalu Vidyalaya middle order batter Dilshan Dissnayake hit 93 with 8 fours were the highlights of the 44th Battle of the Golds big match which ended in a draw at Public grounds Kegalle over the weekend .
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: World number one Carlos Alcaraz was knocked out of the Miami Open in the third round after a surprise 6-3 5-7 6-4 defeat by Sebastian Korda.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The far-right National Rally may not have won the string of big target cities it was hoping for in France’s local election on Sunday, but its leaders said they had still built up a grassroots momentum that would propel them to victory in next year’s presidential contest.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Iranian Navy guided an Indian liquefied petroleum gas tanker through the Strait of Hormuz last week, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China urged on Monday an immediate stop to military operations and return to dialogue and negotiation, as fighting in the Middle East continues to spread and the risk of further escalation grows.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has instructed health authorities to provide patients who receive medicines from clinics in Government hospitals sufficient quantities for two months instead of the normal practice of giving them for one month.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Parliament’s Secretary-General Kushani Rohanadeera said the Committee on Parliamentary Business under the chairmanship of Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne took a decision to convene Parliament on April 7, 9, and 10.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The war in the Middle East could see the world face its worst energy crisis in decades, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol warned yesterday (23), describing the situation as “very severe”.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Police said that five suspects, including a woman, were arrested on Sunday (22) in connection with the discovery of a dead body of a woman and the rescue of another woman found inside a well in the Nellikkadu area of Kokkadichcholai.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has taken steps to freeze assets including a house worth around rupees 30 million in the Wellampitiya area belonging to an alleged drug trafficker known as Thotalanga Poddi.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested a former Customs Superintendent over an alleged corruption scheme involving an illegal sale of palm oil for Rs.4 million.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran has warned it will target energy and water infrastructure across the Gulf if the United States follows through on its threat to strike its electricity grid, escalating tensions as a US deadline over the Strait of Hormuz approaches.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday, killing the flight’s pilot and co-pilot, injuring dozens and temporarily shutting down the New York area’s third-busiest airport, officials said.
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[2026-03-24 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Elections
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[2026-03-24 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he spoke with Donald Trump, saying that the US president believed US-Israeli military gains in Iran could be converted into a negotiated agreement that protects Israel's interests.
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[2026-03-24 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Trade Minister Don Farrell with EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic. (Supplied)
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[2026-03-24 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has conceded defeat in a referendum on her justice reforms, while confirming she would not hand in her resignation.
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[2026-03-24 05:53 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-24 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-24 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Peter Willcocks believes the algorithm is designed to reduce government spending on aged care services. (ABC News: Kyle Harley)
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[2026-03-24 05:47 UTC+10:00] [House of Commons] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Every PM hopes to emerge having said nothing that makes the news, and with Iran centre-stage Keir played a blinder
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[2026-03-24 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Residents of Israel's southern Negev region say they've been left defenceless against Iranian missile fire, and have called the government's response "a complete failure" rooted in years of policy neglect.
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[2026-03-24 05:42 UTC+10:00] [Cost of Living] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Carpentry apprentice Jordan Mulvaney says the government's advice to work from home to curb Australia's fuel crisis has missed the mark for workers like him. Source: Supplied
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[2026-03-24 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The man who oversaw the negotiations between the US and Iran into their final hours last month has now publicly declared that the Islamic Republic is not the one responsible for the war the US and Israel began on 28 February.
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[2026-03-24 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The man who oversaw the negotiations between the US and Iran into their final hours last month has now publicly declared that the Islamic Republic is not the one responsible for the war the US and Israel began on 28 February.
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[2026-03-24 05:39 UTC+10:00] [France] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Victories in Paris and Marseille suggest a united left can reclaim centre-ground voters. But the end of Macronism is leaving a complex political landscape
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[2026-03-24 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Commission has called for clarity from Hungary after a United States media outlet reported that the country’s foreign minister passed on information about negotiations with the European Union to Russia.
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[2026-03-24 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O procurador-geral da República, Paulo Gonet, enviou ao Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), nesta segunda-feira (23/03), parecer favorável à prisão domiciliar humanitária do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro, por motivos de saúde.
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[2026-03-24 05:04 UTC+10:00] [Defence policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ship arrives three weeks after Iranian-made drone hit British base of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus
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[2026-03-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-03-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A lucrative system of payments that has driven up the cost of apartment living in NSW is facing an overhaul as the state government considers becoming the first in Australia to outlaw commissions to strata managers.
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[2026-03-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Minns government is facing a major battle with Aboriginal councils as it overhauls the management of land claims after a series of high-profile disputes, including a High Court ruling on an abandoned bowling club which was handed to an eastern suburbs Indigenous group.
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[2026-03-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Unlike the PM, dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic smartly navigated the notorious one-word description trap during a recent podcast appearance.
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[2026-03-24 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia — A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defense minister said.
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[2026-03-24 04:56 UTC+10:00] [Viktor Orbán] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: France’s Marine Le Pen and the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders among speakers praising prime minister at Budapest event
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[2026-03-24 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Residents of Israel's southern Negev region say they've been left defenceless against Iranian missile fire, and have called the government's response "a complete failure" rooted in years of policy neglect.
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[2026-03-24 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A bipartisan Senate duo is introducing legislation that would prohibit prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from letting people bet on sports and casino-style games.
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[2026-03-24 04:37 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: States are insisting the Albanese government take on a national leadership role managing the prospect of emergency measures to cut demand for oil, fearing any piecemeal state-by-state approach would create COVID-era confusion and anxiety.
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[2026-03-24 04:35 UTC+10:00] [Fairford] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK is working to ‘distribute air defence missiles’ to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Britain’s prime minister said on Monday
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[2026-03-24 04:32 UTC+10:00] [Reform UK] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chris Parry describes Shomrim members as ‘cosplayers’ hours after arson attack in north London
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