Topic: Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-28 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In an ideal world, there should be no tariffs or import duties. Trade should be free. But ours is an unequal world. Otherwise, there would not be a First World and a Third World. If the so-called Third World or developing nations allow all goods from developed countries free of duties, there will be a terrible drain on their finances.
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[2026-02-28 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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[2026-02-28 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Former President Bill Clinton on Friday told lawmakers that he had no clue about crimes carried out by Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender who visited the Clinton White House at least 17 times while Bill was president, before letting Clinton fly on the 'Lolita Express' dozens of times.
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[2026-02-28 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vermonters headed to the polls on Town Meeting Day will cast votes on critical decisions around school district budgets and the future of small elementary schools, as property taxes and education reform remain top of mind for lawmakers and voters.
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[2026-02-28 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that dozens of international aid agencies can continue to operate in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories, freezing an earlier government decision that barred aid groups that failed to comply with new rules.
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[2026-02-28 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A near century-old tennis club is fighting for survival after the emergence of plans to demolish it to make way for a redevelopment dubbed the “MCG of the East”.
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[2026-02-28 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-02-28 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lawmakers will require people to show IDs to use Indiana’s needle exchange programs under legislation heading to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk.
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[2026-02-28 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA,
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[2026-02-28 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: On February 27, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif declared that his country had entered a state of “open war” with Afghanistan. Pakistani Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar reported strikes on Kabul and Kandahar, which Afghan authorities have confirmed. Asif claimed that the Taliban has “gathered terrorists from around the world in Afghanistan” and is “exporting terrorism.” He also accused the Taliban of ties with India, with which Pakistan had entered into an armed conflict last May.
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[2026-02-28 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As today's 5PM ET deadline looms for Anthropic to militarize Claude AI for the Pentagon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waded into the fray - telling staff on Thursday night that his company is working with the Department of War to see if their models can be used in classified settings in a way that maintains the same safety guardrails that are about to get Anthropic booted from the Pentagon.
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[2026-02-28 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man who was an employee at the U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two girls while working in the African nation, federal prosecutors said.
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[2026-02-28 04:42 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-02-28 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in India for a landmark visit as he seeks to diversify his country’s trade partners amid ongoing tensions with the United States
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[2026-02-28 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the government from shuttering the Gaza operations of dozens of aid organizations, which petitioned the court in a dispute over new Israeli rules requiring them to name Palestinian staff.
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[2026-02-28 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ghana’s foreign affairs minister says at least 55 of the country’s citizens have been killed fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
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[2026-02-28 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness,
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[2026-02-28 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fulham’s Kevin celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Fulham in Manchester, England, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
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[2026-02-28 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian government allowed universities to reopen for in-person classes for only five days after weeks of nationwide protests that were violently suppressed. On Thursday, one university after the other announced that classes would again move online.
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[2026-02-28 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A legal challenge by a group of private schools over the government's decision to remove the VAT exemption on the fees they charge has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
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[2026-02-28 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DAGUPAN CITY - The nationwide civic coalition Kampilan ng Mamamayan was launched in Dagupan City on Saturday, marking the first major assembly of the movement outside Metro Manila.
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[2026-02-28 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-02-28 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Containers sit at the Balboa terminal, run by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Co., after Panama’s government ordered the occupation of the port following a Supreme Court ruling that the concession was unconstitutional, in Panama City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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[2026-02-28 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ACCRA, Ghana — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
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[2026-02-28 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Karim Parwizi, member of the leadership council of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, PDKI, gives an interview in Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
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[2026-02-28 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States must drop its “excessive demands” in nuclear talks with Iran to achieve a successful outcome, the Iranian foreign minister has said, as the US embassy in Jerusalem granted permission to nonemergency staff members to leave Israel amid fears of a regional war.
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[2026-02-28 03:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: A simple message about the cost of living has shown why Hannah Spencer, a plumber who left school at 16, triumphed for the Greens at a byelection that has rocked British politics.
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[2026-02-28 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-02-28 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Overnight, Pakistan launched airstrikes across Afghanistan, including targets in the capital of Kabul, soon after which Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif by Friday morning declared an "all-out war" between the two countries.
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[2026-02-28 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The mayor’s office in the Siberian city of Irkutsk has revoked a permit for a public demonstration against government restrictions on Telegram after earlier saying the gathering could take place, the liberal Yabloko party, which applied for the permit, said in a statement on Friday.
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[2026-02-28 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: OpenAI says it will strengthen its safety measures after the company failed to alert police about the Tumbler Ridge shooting suspect's ChatGPT account despite it being flagged internally months before the attack.
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[2026-02-28 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Friday adjourned the trial of former Attorney General Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz to 4 May.
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[2026-02-28 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling party has approved plans to beef up the East Asian country’s intelligence capability, a party official said on Friday, as the premier pushes ahead with a defense overhaul.
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[2026-02-28 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Senegal's parliament on Friday referred a former minister to a special court for allegedly embezzling millions in taxpayers' cash, in the latest case targeting a member of ex-president Macky Sall's government.
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[2026-02-28 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Iran have concluded their third round of indirect nuclear negotiations in Geneva, with both sides describing the discussions as the most intensive yet. Mediated by Oman, the talks produced an agreement to continue technical-level consultations in Vienna starting Monday, followed by another political round within the week.
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[2026-02-28 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Danish government will stop issuing temporary residence permits to Ukrainians from regions relatively unaffected by the conflict with Russia. At the same time, Denmark will bolster Vladimir Zelensky’s conscript army by denying entry to draft-age men.
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[2026-02-28 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-02-28 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE confirmation-of-charges proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague rest on a foundational assumption: that the court’s investigation was impartial, independent, and insulated from political influence and interference by political actors in the Philippines. But recent developments now cast a long shadow over that premise.
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[2026-02-28 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s immigration policy is destroying America’s greatness. Immigrants are the backbone of that greatness, powering the country’s economy, enriching its culture and advancing its global leadership. Yet under the guise of “Making America Great Again,” Trump’s exclusionary, racist policies are dismantling that very foundation, stifling innovation and tarnishing the nation’s moral standing.
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[2026-02-28 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Few British prime ministers have been handed such a magnificent opportunity as Keir Starmer after Labour’s election victory in July 2024. With a parliamentary majority approaching 200 seats, he had a chance to reshape Britain.
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[2026-02-28 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Scores of repartiated Burundians arrived back in their home country from neighbouring Tanzania as part of a push by the Tanzanian government aimed at repatriating thousands of Burundians.
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[2026-02-28 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
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[2026-02-28 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: With control of the US Congress in the balance, officials say President Donald Trump plans to campaign as if he were 'on the ballot'.
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[2026-02-28 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After the third round of indirect US-Iran talks held in Geneva on Thursday, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi - who was the chief mediator - cited "significant progress" - which echoed the generally positive assessment of the Iranian side.
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[2026-02-28 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El entonces técnico de Manchester United Ruben Amorim tras el partido contra Wolverhampton en la Liga Premier, el martes 30 de diciembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Dave Thompson)
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[2026-02-28 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Protesters rally during a march by trade unions and opposition groups against a labor reform bill proposed by President Javier Milei’s government in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-02-28 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: There are so many implications of the Gorton and Denton by-election that are essential to understand, but it's best first to dwell on the winner: the Greens.
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[2026-02-28 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Ben Cline via RealClearPolitics,
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[2026-02-28 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of western nations intend to form an atrocity prevention coalition for Sudan following a scathing UN report that concluded the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary committed genocide during hostilities in Darfur late last year.
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[2026-02-28 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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