Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-16 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australians blame Anthony Albanese and his government for the nation’s inflation pressures as they cut their spending on takeaway meals, drop subscriptions for streaming services and put off repairs around the house and on their cars to make ends meet.
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[2026-03-16 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Far-right loses speed in Castilla y León election, Spain vs Argentina 'Finalissima' clash cancelled, second fastest ever women's marathon time set in Barcelona and more news from Spain this Monday March 16th.
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[2026-03-16 19:28 UTC+10:00] [Caitong Securities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Annual price declines deepen nationwide, with policy support and supply reforms seen as key to recovery
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[2026-03-16 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Vote counting is underway in the Republic of Congo following a presidential election that could extend President Denis Sassou N’Guesso’s rule for a fifth consecutive term. Polls closed on Sunday, with official results expected within two weeks.
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[2026-03-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
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[2026-03-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
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[2026-03-16 18:40 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Farmers have warned Australians will face higher food prices even after the federal government began releasing 760 million litres of petrol and diesel from its domestic reserves to boost regional supplies.
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[2026-03-16 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday said the bloc is discussing ways to keep the Strait of Hormuz open amid rising tensions affecting global energy supplies.
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[2026-03-16 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Madagascar’s transitional leader, Michael Randrianirina, has appointed the head of the country’s financial intelligence unit, Mamitiana Rajaonarison, as prime minister, just days after dissolving the government.
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[2026-03-16 18:08 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Max Dowman’s magic, Konstantinos Mavropanos shows heart and Chelsea go all LinkedIn but fail to link up
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[2026-03-16 18:04 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A week ago, a beaming Tony Burke stood alongside five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team.
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[2026-03-16 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Madagascar’s President Michael Randrianirina, who seized power in October, has appointed the country’s anticorruption chief as prime minister, barely a week after dissolving the cabinet.
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[2026-03-16 17:51 UTC+10:00] [Naypyidaw] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stacked with military allies and ex-generals, the new assembly aims to legitimise a regime the United Nations and EU have branded a sham
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[2026-03-16 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BACOLOD CITY — The moderate eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island early Sunday evening forced the suspension of classes at all levels in seven local government units on Monday.
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[2026-03-16 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-03-16 17:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-16 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-16 17:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Local governments push to attract foreign vocational students to counter population decline; Justice Ministry warns of illegal brokers, children’s rights violations
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[2026-03-16 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sam Rae says he will ask the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to investigate the claims. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-03-16 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Ten people have been killed after a fire broke out in the trauma centre of a government hospital in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
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[2026-03-16 17:10 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-16 17:05 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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[2026-03-16 17:02 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The state has denied it overrode a public poll to name the state’s newest theatre, the Glasshouse, despite the arts minister signing off months before voting opened.
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[2026-03-16 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A dead fish on a Fleurieu Peninsula beach during the early days of the SA algal bloom. (Supplied: Anthony Rowland)
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[2026-03-16 16:58 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 16, 2026 — 4:58pm
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[2026-03-16 16:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-03-16 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The strike hit a police station in the area of Javadieh and some surrounding buildings were damaged. In a media tour organised by the government, journalists were shown some of the buildings damaged by the strikes.
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[2026-03-16 16:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-03-16 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As anticipated, it ended up being One Battle After Another’s night at the 98th annual Academy Awards, with the political thriller carting away six Oscars out of a total of 13 nominations.
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[2026-03-16 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that the country is not currently planning to send ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, after US President Donald Trump urged allies to deploy naval assets to the region.
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[2026-03-16 16:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-16 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Hollywood’s best and brightest have been honoured with the most coveted awards in the movie industry, the Oscars.
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[2026-03-16 15:56 UTC+10:00] [Oscars 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This year saw some Chalamet exhaustion, wins for Warner Bros and memorable music while one winner was nowhere to be seen
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[2026-03-16 15:52 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia will not send a warship to the Middle East as US President Donald Trump demands neighbouring countries join a naval coalition to give oil tankers safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-16 15:52 UTC+10:00] [Pushpan Murugiah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Civil society groups say an investigation into an alleged plot to topple the government risks shrinking civic space
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[2026-03-16 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump says he has “demanded” that about seven countries heavily reliant on Middle East oil join a coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz. Trump spoke while answering reporters’ questions as he flew back to Washington from Florida aboard Air Force One.
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[2026-03-16 15:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's ruling party and the government are scrambling to cushion the impact of the Middle East conflict, this time by easing the country's limit on the maximum output of coal-fired power plants and nuclear reactors.
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[2026-03-16 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CORRECTS THE YEAR - Myanmar’s military representatives arrive to attend for a session at Lower House parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
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[2026-03-16 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In what is believed to be a first for a large-scale housing development in Melbourne’s growth corridors, fake grass is set to be banned throughout a 500-home estate being built on a recently retired 18-hole golf course in the city’s south-east.
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[2026-03-16 15:21 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support.
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[2026-03-16 15:18 UTC+10:00] [Politics / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A felled blue tree intended to spark community conversations about depression has become the latest flashpoint in the fight over the Cook government’s planned Burswood racetrack, with the state vowing to replace it.
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[2026-03-16 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Political Candidates
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[2026-03-16 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels of dragging the EU into a direct war with Russia through potential troop deployments to Ukraine.
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[2026-03-16 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels of dragging the EU into a direct war with Russia through potential troop deployments to Ukraine.
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[2026-03-16 15:01 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-03-16 14:55 UTC+10:00] [Oscars 2026] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As One Battle After Another swept the Academy Awards, Paul Thomas Anderson, Javier Bardem and Conan O’Brien gave a welcome reality check to the glitzy ceremony
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[2026-03-16 14:43 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-16 14:26 UTC+10:00] [Victorian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Class action settles after retailers argued state government should pay them for economic loss resulting from pandemic lockdown
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[2026-03-16 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: People gathered in central London for the annual Al-Quds Day protest, an event held worldwide on the last Friday of Ramadan in solidarity with Palestinians and opposition to Israel’s illegal rule over Jerusalem.
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[2026-03-16 13:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES: Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” wascrowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards,handing Hollywood’s top honor to a comic, multi-generational American saga of political resistance.
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