Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the Iran crisis, the world is in a ‘jungle phase’ and Beijing should work on interventionism 2.0, government adviser says
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[2026-03-13 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As AI continues to creep into the filmmaking business (and as A-listers like Ben Affleck are building and selling their own AI firms for millions, in secret), a coalition of anti-AI activists is building. On March 27, the second edition of Justine Bateman’s No-AI Credo 23 Film Festival will take place at the American Legion, Post 43 in Hollywood.
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[2026-03-13 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Taliban government says four members of the same family, including two children, have been killed by Pakistani artillery and mortar fire in eastern Afghanistan.
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[2026-03-13 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The British government has announced contentious new counter-extremism measures inspired by an extremism definition championed by former Conservative minister Michael Gove and denounced by critics as authoritarian.
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[2026-03-13 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [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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[2026-03-13 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El técnico de Tottenham Igor Tudor en la banca durante el partido contra el Atlético de Madrid en la Liga de Campeones, el martes 10 de marzo de 2026, en Madrid. (AP Foto/Jose Bretón)
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[2026-03-13 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Inner Mongolia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Legal safeguards heed Xi Jinping’s call to foster ‘shared spiritual home’ with an eye on staving off ‘domestic friction’, analysts say
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[2026-03-13 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Property tax breaks will cost the federal budget more than $200 billion over the next decade, with the benefits overwhelmingly flowing to property investors in the nation’s wealthiest electorates, new research shows as Treasurer Jim Chalmers considers changes to capital gains tax.
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[2026-03-13 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Policy head of Nobel Peace Prize-winning group sounds alarm over possible intentional or accidental use of weapons
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[2026-03-12 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey's Foreign Minister, Hakan Fida, has urged against regime change in Iran amid efforts from US and Israel to topple the regime.
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[2026-03-12 23:59 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: “Further to Carol Dawes’ (C8) reminder of kids’ colour patches on elbows and knees, we had two distinct tribal markings in our neighbourhood: the Yellow (Acriflavine) and Red (Mercurochrome), depending on what Mum had in the medicine cabinet,” says Warren Mitchell of Mosman. “The old Mercurochrome contained mercury, so joining the Yellow tribe may have been the safer option.”
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[2026-03-12 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the first plenary sitting of the spring session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Behind the premier is Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Laszlo Kover. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
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[2026-03-12 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Defense Department CTO Emil Michael on Thursday said Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence models would "pollute" the agency's supply chain because they have "a different policy preference" that is baked in.
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[2026-03-12 23:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government has designated 23 key items, such as petroleum products, rice and telecommunications fees, for special price monitoring amid resource supply concerns in the wake of the Middle East crisis, the finance ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 23:13 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Hong Kong must seize every opportunity to align proactively with national strategic requirements,’ city leader says
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[2026-03-12 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-12 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-12 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 687 people since 2 March, Lebanon's information minister said on Thursday, as Israel threatened to expand its operations as it fights Hezbollah in the country.
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[2026-03-12 22:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Thursday he did not register for the main opposition People Power Party (PPP)'s candidacy for the June local elections within the extended deadline, expressing dissatisfaction with the party leadership's lack of effort to clearly sever ties with ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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[2026-03-12 22:25 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Republicans join in with US president’s demand for John Thune to push through Save America act
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[2026-03-12 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Days before Congo's presidential election on Sunday, its streets were filled with campaign posters and banners urging the country’s 2.6 million registered voters to head to the polls.
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[2026-03-12 22:13 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Veteran politician-turned-online sensation joins global stars, including Blackpink’s Jennie, at two-day pop culture festival
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[2026-03-12 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre has issued an amber alert for severe lightning today (12 March 2026) for Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces, and Galle and Matara districts. The advisory is valid from 12:30 p.m. until 11:00 p.m..
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[2026-03-12 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Burundi's former Prime Minister General Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, serving a life sentence for conspiracy against the head of state, was provisionally released Wednesday for medical reasons, judicial sources and relatives confirmed.
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[2026-03-12 21:57 UTC+10:00] [Ministry of Industry and Information Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Urgent security warnings from Beijing as local authorities rush to ride the boom expose familiar priority gaps, observers say
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[2026-03-12 21:50 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Credit:Aresna Villanueva
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[2026-03-12 21:41 UTC+10:00] [Singapore] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Speaking about a project in the Chinatown area, a minister says the government would look for more opportunities to build taller flats
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[2026-03-12 21:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government said Thursday it will implement a temporary fuel price cap system this week to help ease cost burdens amid supply concerns over the ongoing Middle East crisis, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has today condemned attacks on the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a government umbrella organisation that oversees various paramilitary groups, including those close to Iran.
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[2026-03-12 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has landed in legal trouble after a Pune-based advocate filed a complaint with the police, alleging disrespect to the Indian national flag during the T20 World Cup victory celebrations in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
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[2026-03-12 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's scandal-hit governing Socialists and the conservative opposition will seek to fend off an ascendant far right in a regional vote in Castile and Leon on Sunday that could be an indicator for national elections due next year.
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[2026-03-12 21:11 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pressure is mounting on the Home Affairs Minister to deport an accused paedophile back to New Zealand after he was discovered living as a free man on the Sunshine Coast.
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[2026-03-12 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The shockwaves of a war being fought nearly 3,000km away are now reaching India’s kitchens.
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[2026-03-12 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chelsea’s Reece James, left, tackles Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers during their English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Chelsea in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
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[2026-03-12 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Denmark's energy minister urged citizens of the Scandinavian country to cut back on energy use and ditch cars as the price of oil continues to skyrocket amid the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-12 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Sudan's government forces announce the recapture of the opposition-held town of Akobo -- the latest flashpoint in fighting between rival armies that has brought the country back to the brink of all-out civil war.
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[2026-03-12 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tottenham’s head coach Igor Tudor looks out from the bench prior to the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Tottenham in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)
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[2026-03-12 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bangladesh’s parliament has convened for the first time since a deadly 2024 uprising plunged the country into political turmoil and triggered landmark elections last month.
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[2026-03-12 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport, is set to expand the “Sisu Seriya” school bus service with the addition of over 200 new buses this year.
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[2026-03-12 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China is rapidly embracing the popular artificial intelligence tool OpenClaw, with major tech companies and even local governments rushing to expand access to the lobster-themed, open-source AI agent in recent weeks.
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[2026-03-12 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Pretoria summoned the new US ambassador Wednesday to explain "undiplomatic remarks" about South African racial policies and court decisions, the foreign minister said.
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[2026-03-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices have risen, reaching $100 a barrel at one point, as three more cargo ships are attacked in the Gulf.
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[2026-03-12 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Changing of the cards.
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[2026-03-12 19:48 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-12 19:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Rep. Joo Jin-woo of the People Power Party, a Busan mayoral hopeful, on Thursday requested an investigation into a potential Democratic Party of Korea candidate, accusing him of violating the Political Funds Act in a recent gathering of supporters.
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[2026-03-12 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Deputy Minister of Defence, Aruna Jayasekara, confirmed that a large stock of ‘Ice’ (crystal meth) and heroin, brought to the Dikowita Fishing Harbor, is estimated to be worth Rs. 10 billion.
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[2026-03-12 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has responded to threats against his family made by a retired Ukrainian general.
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[2026-03-12 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A former Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) general and MP has issued an open public threat against the family of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, days after Vladimir Zelensky suggested his military could be despatched to speak with him “in its own language.”
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[2026-03-12 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)
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[2026-03-12 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Since the first missiles of the US-Israeli campaign began striking Iran, Russian state media and political pundits have been mulling over a question: Do negotiations with the United States always end with missiles hitting the capital?
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