Topic: Religion — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-08 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The hilly Christian town of Ain Saadeh east of Beirut was in shock Monday after an Israeli airstrike crashed into an apartment building there, killing an anti-Hezbollah politician, his wife and another woman.
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[2026-04-08 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Canadian hate speech bill is drawing backlash from critics who warn it could chill religious speech and expose some people to prosecution for quoting the Bible.
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[2026-04-08 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain’s and Egypt players react at the end of the international friendly soccer match between Spain and Egypt in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
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[2026-04-08 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Tuesday urged local dioceses to organize a prayer vigil on April 11, in line with Pope Leo XIV’s calls for world peace.
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[2026-04-08 00:26 UTC+10:00] [Religion] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some of the young Americans swept up in the movement are looking for the meaning of life; others for a new partner. Well, it’s a broad church …
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[2026-04-07 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenTehran, Iran Smoke rises following strikes on the city on Tuesday, with Iran showing no sign of backing down as a US deadline looms for it to reopen the strait of Hormuz Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenAin Saadeh, Lebanon Mourners at the funeral of Pierre Moawad, an official from the Christian Lebanese Forces party, and his wife Flavia, who were killed in an Israeli strike on the town east of Beirut Photograph: Yara Nardi/ReutersShareView image
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[2026-04-07 20:39 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-07 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Fossil fuels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite
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[2026-04-07 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Tensions are rising in Nigeria after a disputed military claim about a deadly church attack in Kaduna state.
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[2026-04-07 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In Algeria’s northern town of Annaba, preparations are underway at the Basilica of Saint Augustine ahead of Pope Leo’s visit next week.
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[2026-04-07 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Christian Yelich de los Cerveceros de Milwaukee felicitado por Jake Bauers tras anotar en un sencillo de Garrett Mitchell en la octava entrada ante los Medias Rojas de Boston el lunes 6 de abril del 2026. (AP Foto/Charles Krupa)
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[2026-04-07 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A new movement is gaining traction among church leaders with the hopes of helping address affordable housing.
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[2026-04-07 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich, right, is congratulated by Jake Bauers (9) after scoring on a single by Garrett Mitchell during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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[2026-04-07 10:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El artista country Eric Church entona el himno nacional de los Estados Unidos antes del encuentro entre los Rays de Tampa Bay y los Cachorros de Chicago en el remodelado Tropicana Field en St. Petersburg, Florida el lunes 6 de abril del 2026. (AP Foto/Chris O’Meara)
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[2026-04-07 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Country musician Eric Church sings the National Anthem before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago Cubs Monday, April 6, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
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[2026-04-07 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: (RNS) — As politicians in Washington singled out Somali and Muslim immigrant communities in Minnesota last year, a familiar stereotype resurfaced: Muslims as outsiders and “takers.”
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[2026-04-07 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — When Christian Koss took the mound to record the final three outs of the Giants’ blowout loss to the Mets on Saturday, it was hardly out of the ordinary.
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[2026-04-07 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rev. Ellis Miller poses outside of Granby Congregational Church on March 27, 2026 in Granby, Conn. (Sara Bedigian/CT Mirror via AP)
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[2026-04-06 23:39 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenWestonaria, South AfricaGuests wait for an Easter mass wedding ceremony to begin at the International Pentecost Holiness church in Zuurbekom. Since 1962 the church has held mass weddings three times annually: on Easter Sunday, the first Sunday of September and during ChristmasPhotograph: Ilaria Finizio/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenWest Sussex, UKItalia, six, brushes her pony Boris before the London Horse Harness Parade, an event bringing together over 100 horse-drawn vehicles and carriages alongside classic motorised vehicles, representing transportation
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[2026-04-06 22:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Blending ritual with rave, and doctrine with design, the expo drew a new kind of crowd — the curious, connected and not necessarily religious
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[2026-04-06 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Journalists from The Associated Press on Saturday witnessed widespread destruction at a Shiite religious complex in Zanjan, a city in northwestern Iran.
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[2026-04-06 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Catholicism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message
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[2026-04-06 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike on an apartment east of Beirut late on Sunday killed a local official from a Christian political party, sharpening internal divides over Hezbollah as Israel's strikes expand to new parts of the country.
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[2026-04-06 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Catholic faithful around the world gathered on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and to share a message of hope.
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[2026-04-06 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Palestinian Orthodox Christians gathered at the Greek Orthodox church, St. Porphyrios in Gaza City for a Palm Sunday service.
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[2026-04-06 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Assam, India – Amoiya Medhi says attending an election rally organised by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in her hometown in India’s northeastern state of Assam is a matter of both religious compulsion and personal gratitude.
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[2026-04-06 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: After the Eid Al Fitr break last month, UAE residents have another public holiday to look forward to.
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[2026-04-06 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Archaeologists have uncovered a one-of-a-kind artifact near the Sea of Galilee that may reveal new details about how early Christians practiced baptism.
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[2026-04-06 13:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- The Nigerian military said Sunday it had rescued 31 worshippers seized from Easter celebrations in northwestern Kaduna state, though at least five others were killed, as the country's security comes increasingly under international scrutiny.
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[2026-04-06 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Thousands of candy-filled Easter eggs rained down on a waiting crowd of patient but eager children at a Colorado church community’s second annual Helicopter Egg Drop.
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[2026-04-06 13:29 UTC+10:00] [Editorials] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-06 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The photos finish shows just how close it was between Sha'Carri Richardson (bottom) and Halle Martin (top). (Supplied: Channel Seven)
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[2026-04-06 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Catholic Church is America’s largest Christian group - but it doesn’t have the most churches.
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[2026-04-06 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BUDAPEST — Gábor Iványi performed Viktor Orbán’s wedding and later baptized two of his children in the 1990s, little suspecting his friend’s government would one day put him on trial.
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[2026-04-06 11:42 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials cast the rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran as an "Easter miracle” on Sunday, framing the operation in religious terms that portrayed the war as a just cause and divinely blessed.
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[2026-04-06 10:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the world's woes by name in the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of St.
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[2026-04-06 10:24 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-06 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian military said Sunday it had rescued 31 worshippers seized from Easter celebrations in northwestern Kaduna state, though at least five others were killed, as the country's security comes increasingly under international scrutiny.
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[2026-04-06 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: NSW Multiculturalism Minister Stephen Kamper is accused of appointing a group to the state's Faith Affairs Council despite being aware of an active Australian Human Rights Commission complaint, as well as "being provided with materials evidencing anti-Muslim and caste-based discrimination and intimidation" from the group. Source: AAP / Bianca De Marchi
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[2026-04-06 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gente levanta las manos al cielo en canto durante un servicio de oración al amanecer del Domingo de Pascua en el Lincoln Memorial, el 5 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-04-06 07:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: William Contreras de los Cerveceros de Milwaukee corre hacia el plato tras el triple de Christian Yelich en la primera entrada ante los Reales de Kansas City el domingo 6 de abril del 2026. (AP Foto/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-04-06 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Catholic faithful around the world gathered on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and to share a message of hope.
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[2026-04-06 06:00 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: South Asian Muslim and caste-oppressed Hindu community representatives accuse multiculturalism minister and department of discrimination
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[2026-04-06 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nigeria's army said on Sunday that it had rescued 31 civilians who were taken hostage during an attack on a church in northwest Kaduna state, while five people were found dead at the scene.
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[2026-04-06 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Venerable Dr. Kirinde Assaji Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Gangaramaya Temple in Hunupitiya, Colombo, and Sanghanayaka of the Western Province, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom on April 1.
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[2026-04-06 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-06 02:14 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter Sunday address to call on leaders to choose peace through dialogue rather than violence.
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[2026-04-06 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: British King Charles III has come under fire after Buckingham Palace said earlier this week that he would not deliver an Easter message, despite recently issuing one to Muslims on Ramadan. The Royal family later made an apparent U-turn, offering a brief greeting to Christians.
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[2026-04-06 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: British King Charles III has issued an Easter message to Christians, after Buckingham Palace came under fire earlier this week for stating that he would not make one. He recently delivered greetings to Muslims on Ramadan.
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[2026-04-06 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The bells ring and songs boom from worshippers marking Easter Sunday at St Georges Church in Qlayaa, southern Lebanon – just a few kilometres away from the front line where Hezbollah and Israel are fighting.
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