Topic: Religion — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-23 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Merlin the duck, dressed in a Mexican national soccer team jersey, attends the daily press conference by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, second from left, along with his caretakers Carla Gomez and her sons Carlos, and Christian who holds Merlin, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, June 22, 2026.
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[2026-06-23 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: When guests gathered at a church in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan at the weekend, they knew they were witnessing something rare.
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[2026-06-23 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Christian Gomez interactúa con su pato Merlín, vestido con la camiseta de la selección mexicana de fútbol, mientras asisten a la conferencia de prensa diaria de la presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum en el Palacio Nacional de la Ciudad de México, el lunes 22 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Marco Ugarte)
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[2026-06-23 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: With its nostalgically-painted, golden-maned horses, wistful French chanson music wafting as it turns, the Carrousel de St Pierre, by the venerated Sacre Coeur Church, is a firm favourite amongst tourists to Paris. But recently, as I watched the merry-go-round rotate to those romantic French tunes, more than anything else, it reminded me of Brexit.
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[2026-06-23 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: With its nostalgically-painted, golden-maned horses, wistful French chanson music wafting as it turns, the Carrousel de St Pierre, by the venerated Sacre Coeur Church, is a firm favourite amongst tourists to Paris. But recently, as I watched the merry-go-round rotate to those romantic French tunes, more than anything else, it reminded me of Brexit.
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[2026-06-23 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — Pope Leo XIV said Monday that wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed, urging governments to strengthen resources to combat hunger after a severe funding shortfall by the United States and other countries.
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[2026-06-22 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Unemployed Ukrainians should be stripped of access to Germany’s unemployment and welfare benefits system, the leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, has said. He added that deportations and voluntary departures should be stepped up as part of a cost-cutting scheme.
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[2026-06-22 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Toronto, Canada – Ahmed* has made the trip to and from his local mosque in the heart of Canada’s largest city hundreds of times. That’s partly why what happened to him and his family during this year’s Muslim holy month of Ramadan was so unexpected.
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[2026-06-22 21:49 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY — The Save Bangsamoro Movement staged another peaceful rally in front of the Supreme Court on Monday, calling on the high tribunal to act on pending petitions that could significantly affect the historic parliamentary elections, peace process, and governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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[2026-06-22 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV speaks during a meeting with the employees of the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-06-22 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-22 19:04 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hundreds of clerical abuse victims face an uncertain future as the Australian congregation of the Christian Brothers confirmed it was on the brink of financial collapse and conceded the value of its remaining assets would not cover the surge in compensation to survivors.
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[2026-06-22 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on 15 May 2026, the date was not accidental. It marked 135 years since Rerum Novarum, the 1891 papal letter that confronted the moral crisis of the industrial age: factories, machines, labour exploitation and the violent imbalance between capital and workers.
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[2026-06-22 15:50 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A victim of appalling sexual abuse at a Catholic girls school in Essendon has reached a $1 million settlement just a day before the case was due to proceed to trial, but says the protracted legal negotiations have exacerbated her trauma.
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[2026-06-22 12:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean investigators sought an arrest warrant for Lee Man-hee, the leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, in a probe into allegations that the religious group forced followers to join a political party.
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[2026-06-22 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Investigators said Monday they have filed for an arrest warrant for the founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nonmainstream religious sect, over suspicions he forced church members to join the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) ahead of elections between 2021 and 2024.
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[2026-06-22 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “Even if Netanyahu tells me that one plus one equals two, I won’t believe him.”
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[2026-06-22 05:06 UTC+10:00] [Scotland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: White Scottish man, 38, charged after five men were injured in spate of attacks in city on Friday night
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[2026-06-22 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-22 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mother Frances Cabrini, patron saint of migrants, is known for caring for Italian immigrants in the US at the turn of the last century
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[2026-06-22 03:29 UTC+10:00] [Cabrini] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mother Frances Cabrini, patron saint of migrants, is known for caring for Italian immigrants in the US at the turn of the last century
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[2026-06-22 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The BBC has obtained CCTV footage showing the moments leading up to the arrest of a man, following a number of suspected anti-Muslim attacks across Edinburgh.
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[2026-06-21 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Police in Scotland have charged a man in connection with a series of attacks in Edinburgh that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said appeared to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred.
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[2026-06-21 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Are you better protected against Islamophobia in France when, along with your veil, you wear a lawyer's robe, a nurse's coat or have the status of a journalist or a teacher?
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[2026-06-21 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Police Scotland said a 36-year-old man has been charged in connection with a series of attacks in Edinburgh that Prime Minister Keir Starmer said appeared to be motivated by "anti-Muslim hatred".
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[2026-06-21 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-21 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SANT'ANGELO LODIGIANO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday exalted the first American saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today to care for migrants in need, as he visited her birthplace during a day trip to northern Italy.
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[2026-06-21 11:21 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Fatima, Portugal – A woman closes her eyes as a young man dressed as a priest places both hands on her forehead. Moments later, she falls to the floor in front of dozens of worshipers.
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[2026-06-21 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-06-21 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Politicians and rights groups condemned a series of violent attacks that targeted Muslim men aged between 22 and 36 in Edinburgh on Friday.
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[2026-06-21 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-21 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-21 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Five men have been injured in a series of suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh after an armed man was seen moving through the city, according to police and local media reports.
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[2026-06-21 03:32 UTC+10:00] [Scotland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Several of those hurt are reported to be Muslim as Police Scotland say 36-year-old white Scottish man arrested
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[2026-06-21 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — Counterterror detectives in Scotland are investigating after five people were injured in attacks in Edinburgh that appeared to target Muslims, police said Saturday.
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[2026-06-21 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The BBC has been given rare access to the part of southern Lebanon that is under Israeli occupation, as part of a humanitarian convoy of the Order of Malta distributing aid to Christian villages that have been isolated because of the war.
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[2026-06-21 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife Begona Gomez arrive before a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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[2026-06-21 02:03 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY – The nongovernment group Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) is seeking some 30,000 volunteers to assist the Church-based poll watchdog in the upcoming first-ever Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) in September this year.
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[2026-06-20 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Social media platform X has declined to remove a post by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for the destruction of Lebanon, despite its rules prohibiting threats and incitement targeting people on the basis of ethnicity, national origin or religion.
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[2026-06-20 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The President of the Inter-American Development Bank Ilan Goldfajn speaks to the Associated Press during an interview in Rome, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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[2026-06-20 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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[2026-06-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Border Barriers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Erika Kirk’s Message for Women at Turning Point USA2:58
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[2026-06-20 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Impunity in the face of repeated attacks on religious leaders and places of worship, combined with weak prevention and poor accountability, is leading victims in Nigeria to view violence as persecution or even genocide, according to a United Nations report.
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[2026-06-20 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-20 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it described as the Israeli seizure of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan.
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[2026-06-20 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-20 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Women weep and mourn during a sermon marking the third day of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-06-20 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Catholic nuns from the orphanage where Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, was staying, attends her funeral in Bunia, Congo, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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[2026-06-20 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El paraguayo Juan José Cáceres (4) derriba al estadounidense Christian Pulisic (10) durante el partido por el Grupo D del Mundial, el viernes 12 de junio de 2026, en Inglewood, California. (AP Foto/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)
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[2026-06-20 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United States’ Christian Pulisic (10) runs with the ball during the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Paraguay in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)
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