Topic: Religion — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-29 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Christian Encarnacion-Strand, de los Orioles de Baltimore, sonríe durante el décimo inning del juego ante los Atléticos, el viernes 28 de agosto de 2026 en West Sacramento, California (AP Foto/Sara Nevis)
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[2026-08-29 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The number of Arab citizens, particularly Muslims and excluding Druze, joining the Israel Police has declined sharply during National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s four years in the position, according to police recruitment data obtained by Walla on Monday.
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[2026-08-29 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Norway is mourning King Harald V after the monarch died aged 89 at Oslo University Hospital’s Rikshospitalet at 6:35 a.m. local time on Friday, according to the Royal Palace. Hundreds of people gathered outside the palace to lay flowers and wreaths, while church bells rang across the country at noon.
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[2026-08-29 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will stick to its policy of isolating the AfD despite the right-wing party polling at over 40% ahead of regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt. The chancellor claimed that the Alternative for Germany maintains close ties with Russia and thus poses a threat to the “internal and external security of our country.”
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[2026-08-29 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will stick to its policy of isolating the AfD despite the right-wing party polling at over 40% ahead of regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt. The chancellor claimed that the Alternative for Germany maintains close ties with Russia and thus poses a threat to the “internal and external security of our country.”
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[2026-08-29 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-29 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday signed a memorandum of agreement formalizing the conduct of the Random Manual Audit for the 2026 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections.
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[2026-08-29 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This undated photo provided by Vanderbilt University on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, shows Amy-Jill Levine, the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. (Daniel DuBois/Vanderbilt University via AP)
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[2026-08-29 02:44 UTC+10:00] [Fashion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pontiff, who has caught the eye in trainers and a baseball cap, praised for taking dress to ‘heavenly heights’
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[2026-08-29 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Six people have been injured by a falling sign at a Christian festival near Steyning
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[2026-08-29 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has launched a task force to thwart vote buying in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections.
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[2026-08-28 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich and right-wing politician Moshe Feiglin began talks to run on the same ticket in the upcoming October elections, N12 News reported on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Multicoloured strobes flash across a nightclub as revellers dance and drink the night away singing along to Afrobeats in the Nigerian town of Sokoto.
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[2026-08-28 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With disruption to long-haul flights, Malaysia may not draw more Muslim visitors at the expense of the travel hubs in Dubai and Doha
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[2026-08-28 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With disruption to long-haul flights, Malaysia may not draw more Muslim visitors at the expense of the travel hubs in Dubai and Doha
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[2026-08-28 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The skulls and bones of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge inside the church are laid out as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide in Ntarama, Rwanda on April 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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[2026-08-28 20:00 UTC+10:00] [New Orleans clergy abuse] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Survivors begin receiving letters with payment amounts months after $305m settlement agreement was struck
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[2026-08-28 18:11 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said it is committed to conducting an accurate and fair Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections on September 14.
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[2026-08-28 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with message from Buddhist organization; ADDS photo)
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[2026-08-28 16:53 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday denied the motion for reconsideration filed by the Moro Ako Party regarding the cancellation of its registration and accreditation as a regional parliamentary political party (RPPP) for the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections.
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[2026-08-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Birmingham] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: There are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow
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[2026-08-28 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Protestant churches on Friday offered condolences to the victims of catastrophic flash floods in Nepal.
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[2026-08-28 13:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Buddhist, Catholic and Protestant bodies mobilize relief efforts following deadly Himalayan disaster
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[2026-08-28 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Christian Walker (derecha) de los Astros de Houston, celebra con su compañero Daulton Varsho, tras conectar un jonrón de dos carreras el jueves 27 de agosto de 2026 ante los Yankees de Nueva York (AP Foto/Eduardo Muñoz Álvarez)
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[2026-08-28 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Cutter Stewart celebrated his return to Division I with 268 total yards and Houston Christian held off a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Southeastern Louisiana 34-28 in a season and Southland Conference opener on Thursday night.
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[2026-08-28 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Houston Astros’ Christian Walker, right, celebrates his two-run home run with teammate Daulton Varsho (18) during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
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[2026-08-28 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Equality advocates have raised concerns that procedures like gender affirming services will no longer be made available at the hospital. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)
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[2026-08-28 09:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: California could become the first state in the nation to consider “Jewish” an ethnic and racial identity, rather than just a religious affiliation.
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[2026-08-28 07:20 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: PARANG, MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE—With barely three weeks more to go, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is ready for the conduct of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Sept. 14, with 90 percent of its preparations already done.
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[2026-08-28 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-28 03:11 UTC+10:00] [Experimental music] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Father Dionysios Tabakis says his views are those of Orthodox church, ‘nothing more, nothing less’
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[2026-08-28 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court judge acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun based on his insanity defense, but ordered him committed to psychiatric hospitalization for up to six years.
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[2026-08-28 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Religious soldiers in the IDF's Givati Brigade's Rotem Battalion refused to take part in an operational mission in the Gaza Strip after being ordered to board a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic, according to sources familiar with the incident, who warned on Thursday that the dispute could spark wider tensions with yeshiva student units.
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[2026-08-28 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-27 23:11 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday warned regional parliamentary political parties against unlawful campaign activities for the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections.
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[2026-08-27 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty holds up a document containing charges against ICE agent Christian Castro during a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, on Monday, May 18, 2026. (Renée Jones Schneider/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP,File)
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[2026-08-27 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Christian pilgrims walk past the site where a nun was attacked by a man last Wednesday, after visiting the Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, in Jerusalem, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
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[2026-08-27 20:26 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — More than 10, 000 military personnel had been deployed in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said amid final preparations for the Sep. 14 parliamentary polls.
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[2026-08-27 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Baltimore Orioles (65-68, fourth in the AL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (66-68, third in the NL Central)
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[2026-08-27 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-27 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dolly Parton performs at Glastonbury music festival, June 29, 2014. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-08-27 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
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[2026-08-27 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El jugador de los Orioles de Baltimore, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, conecta un doblete productor durante la novena entrada de un partido de béisbol contra los Cardenales de San Luis, el miércoles 26 de agosto de 2026, en San Luis. (Foto AP/Jeff Roberson)
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[2026-08-27 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Father Nikolaos Vlavianos stands beside an icon of Saint Fanourios, known in Greek as “The Revealer,” at the Church of St. Fanourios in Athens, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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[2026-08-27 13:33 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-08-27 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Baltimore Orioles’ Christian Encarnacion-Strand hits an RBI double during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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[2026-08-27 11:25 UTC+10:00] [Philippine Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY – Even before the historic parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Sept. 14, two winners from non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (IPs) have been chosen to serve as members of the regular Bangsamoro Parliament.
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[2026-08-27 11:18 UTC+10:00] [Philippine Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: PARANG, Maguindanao del Norte — The Sept. 14 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is a “showcase” to the world that Muslims and Christians can live and govern together peacefully, Interior and Local Government Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla said here.
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[2026-08-27 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La fiscal del condado de Hennepin, Mary Moriarty, sostiene un documento en el que se detallan los cargos contra el agente del ICE Christian Castro durante una conferencia de prensa, el lunes 18 de mayo de 2026, en el Centro de Gobierno del condado de Hennepin, en Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Renée Jones Schneider/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP, Archivo)
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[2026-08-27 07:32 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY—Despite the series of gun attacks mostly in the Maguindanao provinces that so far left 14 people dead, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday remained hopeful that the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) next month will be “peaceful, orderly and credible.”
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