Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-15 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Kremlin] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Russian leader’s one-day visit, tipped for May 20, is unlikely to feature the pomp and elaborate details of the US president’s trip
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[2026-05-15 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Brussels Playbook Podcast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Stories driving the day in Brussels and beyond.
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[2026-05-15 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Condemnation after Kyiv bears brunt of massive Russian attack wave; warning over military drones too close to Ukrainian nuclear plants. What we know on day 1,542
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[2026-05-15 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Eurovision star Leléka explains why she’s breaking with tradition and singing in both English and Ukrainian at the annual song contest. (May 14)
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[2026-05-15 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered the pre-trial detention of Andriy Yermak, the powerful former head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Office and once the country’s second-most influential figure, on money-laundering charges tied to a high-profile corruption scheme.
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[2026-05-15 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a “spiral of annihilation,” as he called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine during a visit to Europe’s largest university.
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[2026-05-15 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a rebellion defying the priorities of Speaker Mike Johnson, House Democrats have teamed up with two Republicans and an independent in a parliamentary maneuver that will force a vote on a bill that would give another $1.3 billion in military aid and other assistance to Ukraine, as that country continues to lose territory in its war with Russia.
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[2026-05-15 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Thursday unleashed a third straight day of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, demolishing an apartment building in Kyiv where nine people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said. More strikes elsewhere in the country wounded more than two dozen civilians.
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[2026-05-15 02:21 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-15 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-15 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin replaced the governors of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions on Wednesday, installing a military general and a former official from occupied Ukraine to lead the two border regions heavily affected by the four-year war.
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[2026-05-15 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte wants NATO members to cough up 0.25% of their GDP for Ukraine. This figure seems minuscule, but how much hard-earned taxpayer money does it add up to?
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[2026-05-15 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte wants NATO members to cough up 0.25% of their GDP for Ukraine. This figure seems minuscule, but how much hard-earned taxpayer money does it add up to?
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[2026-05-15 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee is launching a probe into four companies profiting from apparent “birth tourism” to the US, in which expectant mothers — many from China and Russia — may be committing visa fraud to obtain American citizenship for their babies.
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[2026-05-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Soon on the heels of the successful 3-day and US-backed 'V-Day' ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, Russian forces have unleashed several days of drone and missile barrages on Ukrainian cities, especially the capital. It seems the Kremlin is bent on 'payback' for several weeks of effective Ukrainian long-range drone attacks which have badly damaged several Russian oil refineries and energy sites.
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[2026-05-15 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The European Union is a “direct participant” of Russia’s war in Ukraine and therefore cannot serve as a good-faith mediator between the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
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[2026-05-14 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: State Duma lawmaker Yana Lantratova was elected as Russia’s next human rights commissioner on Thursday, a choice that could potentially complicate future prisoner exchanges with Ukraine given accusations that she has been involved in the alleged forced transfer of Ukrainian children.
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[2026-05-14 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A former Russian spy has detailed the stomach-churning way he narrowly escaped President Vladimir Putin’s death squad — by hiding inside a dead cow’s carcass.
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[2026-05-14 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least five people have been killed, including a 12-year-old girl, after Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said.
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[2026-05-14 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned following a political crisis over Russia-bound Ukrainian drones straying into Latvian territory.
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[2026-05-14 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, killing at least three people and wounding 40 others, Ukrainian authorities have said.
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[2026-05-14 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia is establishing a "full-fledged partnership" with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and is encouraging other countries in the region to expand cooperation with Kabul, a senior Russian security official was quoted on Thursday as saying.
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[2026-05-14 20:13 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Scale of attacks prompts warnings that Moscow is trying to overwhelm air defence systems
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[2026-05-14 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Moscow is building “pragmatic” and “full-fledged” relations with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said Thursday at a regional security gathering.
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[2026-05-14 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kyiv bears brunt of heavy two-day aerial attack, days after Putin said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end
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[2026-05-14 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Andriy Yermak] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kyiv bears brunt of heavy two-day aerial attack, days after Putin said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end
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[2026-05-14 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar, centre, attends the first, out-of-town cabinet meeting of the new Tisza government flanked by Balint Ruff, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, and Foreign Minister Anita Orban, right, in the Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park in Opusztaszer, Hungary, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
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[2026-05-14 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In a speech to lawmakers laced with all the pomp that accompanies the ceremonial opening of Parliament, the king said the U.K.'s economic, energy and national security would be tested as it deals with the fallout from the wars in Iran and Ukraine. The question is whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be around to implement the measures in the speech and, even if he remains in post, whether he will have the authority to push his proposals through.
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[2026-05-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Evika Siliņa said she was frustrated by the response to the incident and late alerts for the population
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[2026-05-14 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: One person has been killed and dozens wounded after Russia launched a massive wave of strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said.
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[2026-05-14 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Explosions were reported across six districts of the city from around 3 a.m., while air raid sirens sounded for several hours. In the Darnytsia district, a multistorey residential building partially collapsed after being hit, trapping residents beneath the rubble. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said at least 27 people were rescued. Damage was also reported in the Dnieper, Obolon and Holosiivskyi districts, where homes, vehicles and civilian infrastructure were hit.
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[2026-05-14 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Venice Biennale 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenThe 61st Venice Biennale has involved participants from 99 countries staging public exhibitions. This image shows Security Guarantees by Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova, which greets people as they enter into the Venice Biennale’s Giardini site. The ‘Origami Deer’ is a concrete sculpture evacuated from Pokrovsk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, in 2024 before the Russian forces took control of the city as part of the continuing conflict.
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[2026-05-14 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Korybko,
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[2026-05-14 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: India’s Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, right, shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as he arrives for a two-day BRICS nations meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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[2026-05-14 14:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Russia fired at least 800 drones in a massive daytime barrage on about 20 regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, including children, in one of the longest attacks by Moscow in the 4-year-old war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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[2026-05-14 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: In the first hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it was commercial satellites that showed the world what was happening inside the battle zone — filling the gap from a lack of sovereign space assets. These privately-owned and operated systems were, and still are, critical to Ukraine’s defense providing high-resolution imagery to track troop movements, damage and logistics.
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[2026-05-14 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at the Bucharest B9 summit held at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-05-14 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has urged member states to devote 0.25% of their GDP to aid for Ukraine, Politico Europe reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources.
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[2026-05-14 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has urged member states to devote 0.25% of their GDP to aid for Ukraine, Politico Europe reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources.
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[2026-05-14 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack early on Thursday, with explosions heard in the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.
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[2026-05-14 09:28 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Péter Magyar says his government has summoned Russian ambassador over drone attack near Hungary’s border to ask when Vladimir Putin plans ‘to finally end this bloody war’. What we know on day 1,541
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[2026-05-14 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, recruits practice military skills at a training ground near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)
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[2026-05-14 07:33 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-05-14 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea’s nuclear reality and the overlapping interests of the US, China and Russia make tension reduction a prerequisite
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[2026-05-14 07:30 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea’s nuclear reality and the overlapping interests of the US, China and Russia make tension reduction a prerequisite
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[2026-05-14 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A new tendency is emerging in Washington that portrays North Korea as a strategic winner. The war in Ukraine, intensifying US-China rivalry and expanding military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow have all contributed to the perception that North Korea has gained strategic momentum. A growing number of analysts argue that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken advantage of the geopolitical upheavals and successfully repositioned his country.
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[2026-05-14 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The House will have to take up a major security package for war-torn Ukraine after enough Republicans joined Democrats to give the needed 218 signatures to force a vote.
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[2026-05-14 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A draft UN Security Council resolution that demands Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz has the backing of nearly two thirds of the world’s countries, but still faces resistance from veto holders Russia and China.
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[2026-05-14 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the governors of two regions bordering Ukraine hit by Kyiv's retaliatory attacks -- Bryansk and Belgorod — on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
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