Topic: Transport — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-12 08:34 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: A second person has been charged over the alleged kidnappingof a Sydney tobacco store owner, leading to a covert police operation to save him.The 53-year-old man was snatched by four people from outside his shop on Meadows Road in Mount Pritchard just after 6am on February 24, with CCTV footage showing him being bundled into a Hyundai hatchback.The victim is seen trying to fight the men off, but wasn't able to do so.LIVE UPDATES: Iran threatens to strike Americans on
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[2026-03-12 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A man who crashed his car outside Sacramento and tried to carjack another driver somehow ended up nude when police arrested him.
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[2026-03-12 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned a drone attack on fuel storage tanks at Oman’s Salalah port.
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[2026-03-12 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: He went balls-out for a good cause.
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[2026-03-12 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Mexican citizen accused of trying to smuggle a half ton of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a truck’s fuel tank at the California border is facing life in prison.
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[2026-03-12 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday said that the Government has established an Economic Monitoring Committee to manage the challenges arising from the disruption of supply chains due to the conflicts in the Middle East and this Committee has begun discussion with friendly countries to ensure the continuity of essential supply chains.
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[2026-03-12 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Steve Gordon speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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[2026-03-12 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Housing Construction Industry
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Prof. Priyanga Dunusinghe of the Department of Economics at the University of Colombo said that it is time to resort to methods such as establishing a fuel fund with the aim of minimising the adverse effects on local consumers and producers due to the sharp increase and decrease in fuel prices in the world market.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The accident and emergency healthcare system in Sri Lanka is among the best in South Asia, but it needs further improvement and investment. A crucial Cabinet decision was made on this subject last week. Since emergency hospitalisations due to home/work accidents and trauma, road accidents, and severe cardiac and paralytic conditions are increasing, the necessity of establishing the existing emergency health services under a combined and standard structure to respond to these situations has been identified.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: All-Ceylon Bakery Owners Association President N.K.Jayawardena yesterday said their Association does not expect to increase the prices of bakery products despite the fuel price increase in the country
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[2026-03-12 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
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[2026-03-12 05:56 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-12 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A crew of immigrants from El Salvador were caught driving with Molotov cocktails after an early-morning traffic stop on Long Island this week, Suffolk County police said.
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[2026-03-12 05:21 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jason Hughes died after slipping into the road as teens fled a prank involving toilet paper
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[2026-03-12 04:27 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: When I heard ‘Rachel’ answer the helpline number in her metallic voice, my soul felt as empty as the batteries of my malfunctioning car
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[2026-03-12 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces had repeatedly attacked infrastructure linked to two Black Sea gas pipelines supplying Turkey and southeastern Europe, in what Moscow described as an attempt to disrupt exports.
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[2026-03-12 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A man is in custody after allegedly driving a van into security gates outside the White House in Washington, DC.
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[2026-03-12 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: They’re taking their smokeshows on the road.
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[2026-03-12 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A WWE star has issued a desperate plea for help after her brother vanished following a car crash in San Francisco.
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[2026-03-12 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The day after the missiles struck the Gulf, a Bangladeshi delivery rider in Dubai was back on his bike. The roads were quieter than usual, but the tips were better.
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[2026-03-12 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS my good friend and colleague Stephen CuUnjieng explained in a television interview earlier this week, the government’s move to drop the excise tax on fuel — and possibly remove or modify the value-added tax as well, although that seems unlikely — in order to provide some cushion against skyrocketing oil prices is a reasonable short-term measure, but not a sound, long-term solution to the risks that import dependence impose on the Philippines.
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[2026-03-12 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-12 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-12 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One hint that we shouldn’t take Luc Besson’s new Dracula (now streaming on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) too seriously? The shot of a road sign that seems to suggest that France and Romania share a border. Of course, by that point, we’ve already heard all the ridiculous accents and seen Count Dracula’s CGI gargoyle minions, so it’s not like we weren’t laughing already.
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[2026-03-12 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged Group of Seven leaders to take swift action to restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz after the US-Israeli-Iran war brought traffic in the crucial shipping route to a halt.
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[2026-03-12 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — Benicio Del Toro won his first Oscar 25 years ago for "Traffic."
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[2026-03-12 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California drivers are avoiding the road, and high gas prices are to blame.
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[2026-03-12 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The war triggered by the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran is driving sharp swings in global oil markets, potentially handing Russia an unexpected revenue boost despite Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-12 01:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-12 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher warned on Wednesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran was impacting aid supply routes and urged all parties to ensure “exemptions for our humanitarian supplies”. “I’m worried that actually further escalation will damage other supply routes,” Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, saying he was “appealing to all the parties to try and secure those routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, for our humanitarian traffic, and ...
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[2026-03-12 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Alex Bowman looks on prior to NASCAR’s The Clash preseason auto race, Feb. 4, 2026, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)
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[2026-03-12 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Fossil fuels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS
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[2026-03-12 00:44 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US forced Chile to cancel a Chinese undersea cable. Now the region is asking who gets to decide what infrastructure Latin America builds
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[2026-03-11 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ships were seen lining up in front of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as Iran disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-11 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A driver has been detained after crashing a van through a White House barricade early Wednesday, cops said.
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[2026-03-11 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Tech companies have been funnelling billions of dollars into AI infrastructure projects in the Middle East over the past few years, drawn in by cheap and readily available energy and land, alongside local government support.
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[2026-03-11 22:56 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-11 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Motorists around the globe are already feeling the impact of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, with fuel prices sharply rising since the war began.
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[2026-03-11 22:25 UTC+10:00] [Petronas] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move comes amid concern that rising fuel prices abroad could make it more profitable to smuggle subsidised fuel out of Malaysia
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[2026-03-11 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by Toyota shows the 2026 Corolla hatchback. The Corolla hatchback simply adds extra cargo space to the Corolla’s popular virtues of value and dependable transportation. (Courtesy of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. via AP)
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[2026-03-11 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: You’re watching The Manila Times’ News Prime.
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[2026-03-11 21:02 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-11 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it had intercepted a wave of seven drones heading towards a strategic oil field, as Iran renewed fire on its Gulf neighbours and their energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-11 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and Iran exchanged fire early Wednesday, with Tehran keeping up pressure on the region's oil industry, targeting infrastructure and ships as global energy concerns mounted and the war in the Middle East showed no signs of abating.
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[2026-03-11 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victoria’s push for more federal cash to bankroll the Suburban Rail Loop has been given a boost after Infrastructure Australia’s priority list said the Commonwealth should consider additional investment in the first stage of the project.
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[2026-03-11 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Two drones came down in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport (DXB) on Wednesday, injuring four people, Dubai’s media office said, as attacks on infrastructure across the Gulf continued on the 12th day of the Iran crisis, which has caused widespread disruption to global air traffic. “Authorities confirm that two drones fell in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport (DXB) a short while ago,” the media office posted on X, adding that air traffic is operating as normal.
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[2026-03-11 19:35 UTC+10:00] [Transport Department] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bomb disposal officers safely handle suspected explosive found on a hillside in Happy Valley, resulting in traffic congestion
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[2026-03-11 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s plans to build millions of new homes will be held back by a lack of water in the country’s major cities, Infrastructure Australia has warned in a report that says tens of billions of dollars will have to be spent on major projects in coming years.
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[2026-03-11 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three people were killed in a drone strike this morning on a vehicle in the Saf al-Hawa area of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
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