Topic: Sexual Violence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 09:11 UTC+10:00] [House of Representatives] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Democratic representative from California has suspended gubernatorial campaign and resigned from Congress
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[2026-04-17 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., vowed to cancel the pensions of former Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, both of whom resigned Tuesday amid sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations.
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[2026-04-17 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lawmakers from across the political spectrum have called for more accountability for sexual misconduct in Congress this week, after two US representatives resigned amid a deluge of accusations.
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[2026-04-17 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump spoke about the numerous allegations of sexual misconduct leveled at disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell.
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[2026-04-17 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A traveler walks by a security checkpoint at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Nov. 6, 2025, in SeaTac, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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[2026-04-17 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Gavin Newsom has stayed curiously mum about the Eric Swalwell rape claims that rocked California politics — but quietly hit up donors for cash after the scandal ended the congressman’s career.
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[2026-04-17 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is investigating allegations of sexual assault against former Congressman Eric Swalwell, a source familiar with the matter told The Post Thursday.
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[2026-04-17 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Acting Magistrate Bandula Weerasinghe ordered on Wednesday (15) to remand an inward patient at the Kalutara Nagoda Teaching Hospital till April 27, who allegedly committed a sexual assault on a female doctor who had gone to check his blood pressure.
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[2026-04-17 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. announced Thursday that she has opened a hotline for anybody with information on disgraced former congressman Eric Swalwell.
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[2026-04-17 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One of the women who accused Justin Fairfax of sexual assault expressed grief for his children after he killed himself and his wife — but noted there were “signs of his anger” for decades.
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[2026-04-17 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Wild footage has captured the moment a woman clung to the bonnet of a moving car, hurling abuse in a horrifying road rage incident on the Gold Coast.
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[2026-04-17 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Justin Fairfax, the former lieutenant governor of Virginia, was a “rising star” in the Democratic Party and seen as having the potential to make it all the way to the White House — until sexual assault allegations against him sank his career.
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[2026-04-16 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Louisiana elementary school teacher has been hit with 25 sex charges — including first-degree rape — involving two young students.
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[2026-04-16 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The government is investigating after BBC reports revealed some migrants are being advised to make false claims they are gay or a victim of domestic abuse in order to stay in the country.
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[2026-04-16 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir has authorised five soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian inmate in the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp to return to reserve service after charges against them were dropped, according to Israeli media reports.
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[2026-04-16 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If convicted of sexual intercourse without consent, the suspect faces a jail term of up to 12 years
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[2026-04-16 19:42 UTC+10:00] [Scoot] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If convicted of sexual intercourse without consent, the suspect faces a jail term of up to 12 years
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[2026-04-16 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Surrey Police has said it "will not tolerate disorder" following a protest in Epsom over the rape of a woman outside a church by several men.
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[2026-04-16 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The students are accused of having made vulgar and explicit sexual jokes about female peers and lecturers in an online conversation
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[2026-04-16 17:08 UTC+10:00] [Indonesia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The students are accused of having made vulgar and explicit sexual jokes about female peers and lecturers in an online conversation
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[2026-04-16 15:45 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A lawyer at the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions facing criminal charges over allegations she had sexual relationships with inmates has been barred from using apps including WhatsApp and Snapchat under tight bail conditions.
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[2026-04-16 15:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: K-pop girl group Kiss of Life defended its latest choreography featuring a neck-grabbing move amid controversy that it is overly sexual.
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[2026-04-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Migrants are falsely claiming to be victims of domestic abuse in order to stay in the country, exploiting rules brought in to expedite the process of securing permanent residence for genuine abuse victims
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[2026-04-16 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Migrants are falsely claiming to be victims of domestic abuse in order to stay in the country, a BBC investigation has discovered.
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[2026-04-16 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Shayne Matthew Harris is facing 18 sexual assault charges. (Supplied)
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[2026-04-16 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A courageous Michigan gas station clerk helped save a teenage girl who was abducted by a gun-toting stranger with a history of rape allegations while walking to her school bus stop.
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[2026-04-16 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA (AP) — El Congreso de Guatemala reformó el Código Penal y la Ley Contra la Violencia Sexual, Explotación y Trata de Personas para prohibir las relaciones sexuales de mayores de edad con niñas o niños menores de 18 años, confirmó el miércoles el diputado oficialista y proponente de la iniciativa, Raúl Barrera.
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[2026-04-16 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are pouring over key pieces of evidence in the investigation of a bombshell rape claim against Eric Swalwell that could lead to criminal charges against the disgraced former congressman, a high-ranking law-enforcement source told The Post.
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[2026-04-16 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: El Salvador has published a new law that will allow authorities to penalise minors as young as 12 with life imprisonment for severe crimes, including homicide, terrorism or rape.
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[2026-04-16 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has already assigned a prosecuting attorney to aid in the criminal investigation of a bombshell rape claim against disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell.
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[2026-04-16 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A senior manager at Bloomberg LP bombarded a male employee with crude sexual messages — asking about lubricant and sex acts during a work chat — while the media giant looked the other way, according to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by The Post.
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[2026-04-16 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Accused serial sex pest Eric Swalwell appears to have used campaign funds to cover a pricey stay at a swanky Times Square hotel where he allegedly raped a former staffer, according to financial disclosures viewed by The Post.
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[2026-04-16 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista del domo del Capitolio en Capitol Hill, Washington, el lunes 13 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-16 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California Democrats are scrambling to fill the state’s 14th Congressional District after disgraced Eric Swalwell — fighting off accusations of rape and sexual assault from multiple women — resigned from Congress Tuesday.
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[2026-04-16 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) claimed Wednesday that House Republicans will soon release information about a “slush fund” that paid out money to victims of sexual harassment in Capitol Hill offices.
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[2026-04-16 03:19 UTC+10:00] [Palestine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer says
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[2026-04-16 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The View host Alyssa Farah Griffin was candid about her own experience working in politics after former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell was accused of sexual assault, possibly exposing a dark side to Capitol Hill.
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[2026-04-16 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Eric Swalwell’s hotshot attorney has come out swinging after a bombshell new rape claim was leveled at the former congressman.
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[2026-04-16 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has promised that "sham lawyers" who facilitate abuse of the asylum system "will face the full force of the law".
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[2026-04-15 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts question whether Malaysia’s laws are keeping pace with the harm spread by AI, and call for stronger legal protections for artists
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[2026-04-15 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Southeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts question whether Malaysia’s laws are keeping pace with the harm spread by AI, and call for stronger legal protections for artists
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[2026-04-15 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Katy Perry is being investigated by Australian officials over Ruby Rose’s bombshell sexual assault allegation.
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[2026-04-15 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Detainees tell of abuse at sprawling Texas facility whose giant generators gobble energy and fuel climate crisis
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[2026-04-15 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY — US pop star Katy Perry is under investigation in Australia over allegations of sexual assault made by actress Ruby Rose, police and media said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dessert company receives ‘foot fetish’ criticism amid accusations that it used Chinese word for ‘sexual pleasure’ in controversial ad
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[2026-04-15 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ruby Rose accused Katy Perry of sexually assaulting her in 2010 in a recent social media post. (Facebook/AAP: James Ross)
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[2026-04-15 14:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A 3-year-old has died in a suspected child abuse case after suffering a severe head injury that left him in a coma, officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 14:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: William Yeates admits two charges of creating or altering sexual material without consent. (ABC News: Eva Blandis)
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[2026-04-15 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lonna Drewes joins her lawyer Lisa Bloom at a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to detail allegations of sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, after Swalwell exited the California governor’s race and said he’ll resign his seat in Congress. The AP typically does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they identify themselves publicly.
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[2026-04-15 13:44 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Port Adelaide chairman David Koch has revealed Zak Butters and his family are seething that the Power star has effectively been “dubbed a liar” after he was found guilty of umpire abuse, with the club all but certain to appeal the decision.
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