Topic: Religion — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The powerhouse boy’s basketball team in the New York City Catholic league is going to have to play some good defense to avoid serious sanctions.
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[2026-04-30 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A nun was assaulted in occupied East Jerusalem earlier this week amid growing concern over Israeli attacks against Christians.
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[2026-04-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Biden administration “zealously” investigated, penalized, and engaged in “aggressive prosecutions” of Christians “with traditional biblical views” — ignoring their conscientious objections and even secretly keeping tabs on Catholic priests, a Department of Justice task force found.
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[2026-04-30 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Preparations are in full swing for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary election as national government agencies and partner institutions coordinate security, legal, and administrative measures to ensure orderly and credible polls.
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[2026-04-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Theatre] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It showcased the biggest stars of the day, including Stan Laurel, Harry Houdini, Morecambe and Wise and Shirley Bassey, before becoming a bingo hall, a church and a squat. It was almost turned into flats. What next for Manchester’s forgotten music hall?
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[2026-04-30 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Nathan Church (27), jardinero izquierdo de los Cardenales de San Luis, se alza para atrapar la pelota y robarle un potencial jonrón de Nick Gonzales, de los Piratas de Pittsburgh, para terminar el partido de béisbol de Grandes Ligas el miércoles 29 de abril de 2026, en Pittsburgh.
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[2026-04-30 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Nathan Church (27) leaps to make the catch on a fly ball by Pittsburgh Pirates’ Nick Gonzales to end the baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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[2026-04-30 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Nathan Church (27) leaps to make the catch on a fly ball by Pittsburgh Pirates’ Nick Gonzales to end the baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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[2026-04-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buddhist brother says engaging with others in ‘violent’ and ‘bloody’ online game is like playing chess; only worries he may become addicted
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[2026-04-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buddhist brother says engaging with others in ‘violent’ and ‘bloody’ online game is like playing chess; only worries he may become addicted
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[2026-04-30 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Parliamentary Committee on Buddhism has taken steps to organise a series of special religious programmes at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy today (30) to mark the completion of 44 years since the establishment of the Sri Lankan Parliament in Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte.
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[2026-04-30 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: More than 500 British police officers have raided the headquarters of an Islamic sect in Cheshire, arresting nine members of the so-called Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light – a fringe Shia-inspired movement that relocated to Britain from Sweden in 2021.
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[2026-04-30 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: "I'm seriously worried about the situation for Jews in Norway and especially in Oslo right now," Joel Ystebø, Member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Christian Democratic Party, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 22:00 UTC+10:00] [History] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ahead of the US’s 250th birthday, the president has launched six mobile museums that celebrate a white, Christian rewriting of the nation’s story
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[2026-04-29 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate ABC Television over remarks made during the April 23, 2026, broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, saying the comments raise concerns about the normalization and potential incitement of political violence.
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[2026-04-29 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Is the Pope Catholic? It seems these days, we need a poll to tell us the obvious.
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[2026-04-29 17:27 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A group from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Wednesday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to promptly resolve the issues of political parties, particularly of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), before the filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) for the first BARMM parliamentary elections.
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[2026-04-29 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) has jumped to a new record high in a recent poll conducted by the opinion research institute Insa. In the poll, the AfD increased its lead over the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU).
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[2026-04-29 14:07 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) convened a joint command conference with law enforcement agencies to ramp up security and finalize preparations for the country’s first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary polls and the 2026 barangay and youth elections.
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[2026-04-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An interview with former Sudanese minister Khalid Yousif this week shed new light on the long-standing partnership between Iran’s government and Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood-aligned factions within Sudan’s military. The former, Mr Yousif says, has steadily supplied the latter with arms throughout the Sudanese civil war, which is now in its fourth year.
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[2026-04-29 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Muslim leaders say local opposition has been fuelled by negative overseas coverage of Islam and claims circulating online
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[2026-04-29 12:31 UTC+10:00] [Seiji Matsui] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Muslim leaders say local opposition has been fuelled by negative overseas coverage of Islam and claims circulating online
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[2026-04-29 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: No need to call the College of Sports Cardinals because the Sports Pope has not gone anywhere.
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[2026-04-29 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A polling judge, right, helps guide a voter’s ballot into a voting machine during the Pennsylvania primary election, at Mont Alto United Methodist Church in Alto, Pa., on May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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[2026-04-29 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Struggling Mets starter Kodai Senga was placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with lumbar spine inflammation, the team announced.
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[2026-04-29 05:34 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United National Party (UNP) has informed the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) that it will not be able to participate in the SJB’s May Day rally, as May Day falls on a full moon day (Poya). UNP General Secretary Thalatha Athukorala, in a letter to SJB General Secretary Ranjith Maddumabandara said that the Party had already planned to devote the day to religious observances.
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[2026-04-29 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Officials recently unveiled the remains of an ancient religious complex at a site often identified with a biblical city cited in the Old Testament.
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[2026-04-29 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — It is true, as Alexander Pope once said, that to err is human. But while everyone is fallible, some humans are more prone to error than others. That is a justification for democracy — for subjecting decisions that affect large numbers of people to deliberative processes that include checks and balances.
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[2026-04-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A cottage industry of women are selling courses aligned with a conservative movement that claims feminism is the source of women’s discontent
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[2026-04-28 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Satellite photos have confirmed the destruction of two churches in the city of Khankendi - known to Armenians as Stepanakert - in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
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[2026-04-28 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An important Islamic seminary in Kashmir has been declared unlawful under anti-terror laws, prompting backlash from prominent religious and political leaders in the Indian-administered territory.
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[2026-04-28 19:10 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-28 13:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced former People Power Party floor leader Kweon Seong-dong to two years in prison for receiving illicit political funds from a senior Unification Church official ahead of the 2022 presidential election.
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[2026-04-28 13:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday in the Vatican with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, and vowed to keep working to overcome differences "no matter how intractable they may appear," in a historic meeting with the first female leader of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion.
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[2026-04-28 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details, background)
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[2026-04-28 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An appeals court on Tuesday sentenced Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition People Power Party to a two-year prison term on charges of accepting illegal political funds from the Unification Church.
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[2026-04-28 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Tuesday sentenced Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition People Power Party to a two-year prison term on charges of accepting illegal political funds from the Unification Church.
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[2026-04-28 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-04-28 12:00 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The British public want politicians to steer clear of religion just as key Westminster figures amp up debates on Christianity’s role in the country, new polling shows.
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[2026-04-28 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen was part of a picture-perfect suburban family of high-achieving scholars guided by a church-leader dad.
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[2026-04-28 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police respond to a fatal shooting in a parking lot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Rio Giancarlo/The Deseret News via AP,File)
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[2026-04-28 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States, Christian Turner, has called the four-day visit by King Charles III to the US an effort to “renew and revitalise a unique friendship” between the two allies.
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[2026-04-28 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Police Department Officer Jonathan Diller is on a screen during his funeral service at Saint Rose of Lima R.C. Church in Massapequa Park, N.Y., March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)
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[2026-04-28 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sarah Mullally, the first woman to serve as spiritual leader of the Church of England, and the pope exchanged gifts and prayed together
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[2026-04-28 03:36 UTC+10:00] [Mullally] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sarah Mullally, the first woman to serve as spiritual leader of the Church of England, and the pope exchanged gifts and prayed together
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[2026-04-28 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Brussels church has apologized for a 1370 accusation of Jewish people, and replaced a stained glass window depicting the blood libel with an apology plaque.
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[2026-04-28 02:17 UTC+10:00] [Mobility] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Former German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is stepping into a bigger role at a major car dealership.
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[2026-04-28 01:58 UTC+10:00] [Sarah Mullally] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sarah Mullally hails pontiff for addressing the ‘many injustices in our world’ after private meeting at Vatican
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[2026-04-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany should reintroduce compulsory military service in order to increase the size of its armed forces, Markus Soder, the leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), has said.
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[2026-04-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany should reintroduce compulsory military service in order to increase the size of its armed forces, Markus Soder, the leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), has said.
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