Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-08 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Holly Tregenza is a federal political reporter and senior video producer in the ABC's Parliament House bureau in Canberra.
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[2026-03-08 10:29 UTC+10:00] [Penny Wong] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign minister says Australia ‘not participating in offensive action against Iran’ but may help protect other countries
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[2026-03-08 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-08 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said, "Israel must destroy all of Iran's oil fields and energy industry on Kharg Island."
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[2026-03-08 09:37 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president delivers stinging criticism of UK prime minister over delayed support for Iran war
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[2026-03-08 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Seyed Abbas Araqchi says he is in constant contact with his Saudi counterpart and Saudi officials.
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[2026-03-08 07:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Balendra Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party appears on course to win a majority in Nepal's parliament. Source: AFP / Prakash Mathema
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[2026-03-08 07:42 UTC+10:00] [FA Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It was everything an FA Cup tie should be, as six goals were scored, one player was sent off and a Premier League side received a huge scare, requiring villainous technology to save them from a likely penalty shootout. The only thing missing was an upset but Chelsea will not mind triumphing against Wrexham in a classic of the genre.
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[2026-03-08 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-03-08 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Kathryn Bermingham
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[2026-03-08 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed to put US military might toward dismantling drug cartels and foreign terrorists operating within the Western Hemisphere by signing the Americans Counter Cartel Coalition alongside seventeen other nations.
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[2026-03-08 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a wildly rambling response when asked a straightforward question about his brand of politics — invoking MLK Jr., Gandhi and the “spirit of the ’60s.”
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[2026-03-08 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Elections
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[2026-03-08 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: San Jose State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson announced Friday that the school and the California State University (CSU) system are suing the federal government to challenge the US Department of Education’s recent determination that SJSU violated Title IX in its handling of a transgender volleyball player.
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: By banning two political slogans outright, the government has exposed the law to a greater risk of being struck down as invalid
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anthony Albanese’s support for actions that do not adhere to international law stands in stark contrast to the principles demonstrated by Labor two decades ago
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [South Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With party’s primary vote polling at just 14%, it’s predicament presents an intriguing case study for the rest of Australian politics
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Australian government has backed many of US President Donald Trump's operations, but avoided stating outright support or opposition for some.
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[2026-03-08 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At the inaugural “Shield of the Americas” summit in South Florida, United States President Donald Trump announced the creation of what he calls the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition: a group of a dozen politically aligned countries committed to fighting drug trafficking.
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[2026-03-08 05:45 UTC+10:00] [Marty Supreme] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Performance groups around the world clapped back at the Hollywood star’s remarks, while a German minister invited him to watch a show
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[2026-03-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.
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[2026-03-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The upcoming Farrer by-election is already being talked about as a litmus test for the new opposition leader and an ascendant One Nation. It'll also be a measure of major party politics.
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[2026-03-08 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — Una corte federal de apelaciones se alineó esta semana con el fallo de un juez de primera instancia contra los intentos del gobierno del presidente Donald Trump por poner fin al Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés) para aproximadamente 350.000 haitianos que viven en Estados Unidos.
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[2026-03-08 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The hunt for a private partner to build a second major film studio in Sydney has officially begun, with the NSW government resurrecting western Sydney as a potential location for a mega-complex of six new sound stages.
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[2026-03-08 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-08 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Anne Connolly is an investigative reporter with ABC Investigations and is best known for her journalism on social policy including aged care, public guardians and trustees and the NDIS.
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[2026-03-08 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has “formally recognized” the interim Venezuelan government, President Donald Trump has stated. He has also touted a new “deal” with Caracas on the nation’s gold.
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[2026-03-08 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court this week sided with a lower judge’s ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary protected status for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S.
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[2026-03-08 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military killed 45 militants in the country’s northwest region, the Katsina state government said Saturday.
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[2026-03-08 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday condemned the US attack on Iran's freshwater desalination plant and warned Washington of "grave consequences."
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[2026-03-08 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A strike targeted a military base belonging to the former paramilitary coalition Hashed al-Shaabi in northern Iraq on Saturday, two Hashed sources told AFP.
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[2026-03-08 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KATHMANDU— Nepal’s centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to win by a landslide in parliamentary polls, according to Election Commission trends Saturday, but with counting still far to go.
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[2026-03-08 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: By blocking a Senate vote that would let the SAVE Act become law, Democrats are setting themselves up for big trouble — since their arguments against voter-ID are so transparently absurd.
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[2026-03-08 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday said political loyalty in the military must be ensured and called for resolutely pushing forward the fight against corruption as a military purge widened.
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[2026-03-08 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Commission has criticized Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky for threatening Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling his comments unacceptable.
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[2026-03-08 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for RSP, celebrates with his supporters after winning the election (Reuters: Adnan Abidi)
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[2026-03-08 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force at the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)
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[2026-03-08 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VATINCAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV named a new ambassador to the United States on Saturday, amid diplomatic tensions over the Trump administration's war on Iran and its hardline migration policy.
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[2026-03-07 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, Father Leandro Fossá, CS, Fr. Paul Keller, CMF, and Sr. Alicia Gutierrez, SH, are escorted by police officers into the Broadview detention center in Broadview, Ill., on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Derek Carter/Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership via AP)
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[2026-03-07 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Canada is set to pass a grim milestone in its medically-assisted suicide program with a total of 100,000 citizens projected to be euthanized by the government before its10th anniversary on June 17.
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[2026-03-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As some elected leaders choose to play nice with the president, Democratic AGs have done the opposite – to impressive effect
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[2026-03-07 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Jema Galanza caught fire late in the fifth set to lift the Creamline Cool Smashers over the Nxled Chameleons, 25-16, 22-25, 25-21, 15-25, 15-10, allowing her team to extend their winning streak to five in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference Saturday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City.
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[2026-03-07 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed government agencies to remain vigilant and proactive in addressing the possible effects of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, warning that complacency could put the country at a disadvantage.
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[2026-03-07 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Long queues of cars and motorbikes form at gas stations in Pakistan's Lahore amid concerns over disruption caused by the Middle East war. The government has raised consumer prices for diesel and petrol by about 20 percent, citing higher global oil prices.
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[2026-03-07 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Senegal's former president Macky Sall is seeking one of the most coveted positions on the international scene: Secretary-General of the United Nations. But his opponents at home have started speaking out against his candidacy, accusing his government of repression.
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[2026-03-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government says the move improves workers’ safety, but advocacy groups say the wider transport risks remain
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[2026-03-07 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Israel attacked Iran last Saturday, citing the need to curb the alleged threat posed by the Islamic Republic and the need to topple its government.
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[2026-03-07 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A RECENTLY published study by the University of the Philippines (UP) National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) revealed the latest local data that is reshaping the country’s cervical cancer prevention strategy, and experts say it should prompt immediate policy action to expand protection through the nonavalent HPV vaccine.
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[2026-03-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime change, nuclear threat – or something else? US officials seem unable to land on one coherent reason for war
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[2026-03-07 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Winners at Southeast Asia's premier furniture trade show prove Malaysian talent creativity, innovation on par with international standards
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